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RI Gen L § 5-22-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-22 - Shows and Exhibitions|Section 5-22-24 - Continuation of powers of boards and bureaus of police commissioners.

§ 5-22-24. Continuation of powers of boards and bureaus of police commissioners.Whenever by law the powers, conferred pursuant to this chapter upon city or town councils, have been conferred upon boards or bureaus of police commissioners in any city or town, those powers shall continue to be exercised by those boards or bureaus of police commissioners.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 124, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 129, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 362, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 5-22-24.
RI Gen L § 5-22-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-22 - Shows and Exhibitions|Section 5-22-25 - Bullfights prohibited.

§ 5-22-25. Bullfights prohibited.It shall be unlawful for any person to promote, advertise, stage, hold, manage, conduct, participate in, engage in, or carry on any bullfight exhibition, any bloodless bullfight, contest or exhibition, or any mock bullfight or similar contest or exhibition, whether for amusement or gain or otherwise. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned not exceeding one year or fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or shall be punished by both the fine and imprisonment.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 155, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-22-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-22 - Shows and Exhibitions|Section 5-22-26 - Ticket speculators.

§ 5-22-26. Ticket speculators.No person shall sell, offer for sale, or attempt to sell any ticket, privilege, or license of admission to an entertainment event, including, but not limited to, any place of public amusement, arena, stadium, theatre, performance, sport, exhibition, or athletic contest in this state at a price greater than the price, including tax, printed on the ticket, and a reasonable service charge for services actually rendered not to exceed three dollars ($3.00) or ten percent (10%) of the price printed on the ticket, whichever is greater. The owner or operator of the property on which an entertainment event is to be held or is being held may authorize, in writing, any person to sell a ticket, privilege, or license of admission at a price in excess of that authorized under this section. That writing shall specify the price for which the ticket, privilege, or license of admission is to be sold. Any person violating any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 394, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 205, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 599, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-23-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-23 - Holiday Business|Section 5-23-1 - Definitions.

§ 5-23-1. Definitions.(a) "Holiday," whenever used in this chapter includes: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Victory Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day (but only in those years that the governor by public proclamation designates it as a legal holiday), and Christmas, or on any day that any enumerated holiday is officially celebrated.(b) "Retail establishment," whenever used in this chapter, includes any business making sales at retail in this state, but this definition does not include victualing houses principally serving prepared food for consumption on and off the premises, including those houses licensed under chapter 24 of this title.(c) "Town council," whenever used in this chapter, includes "city council" except in the city of Providence where it means "bureau of licenses" and any duly constituted licensing authority existing in any other city or town.History of Section.P.L. 1930, ch. 1566, § 1; P.L. 1932, ch. 1875, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 403, § 1; P.L. 1944, ch. 1451, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2721, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 5-23-1; P.L. 1976, ch. 169, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 16, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-23-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-23 - Holiday Business|Section 5-23-3 - Works of necessity for which license not required.

§ 5-23-3. Works of necessity for which license not required.A license is not required for the sale upon a holiday of gasoline, oil, grease, automotive parts, automotive servicing, or automotive accessories, or for the conducting on that day by any farmers' cooperative association of a wholesale auction market of fruit, vegetables, and farm products, all of which are declared to be works of necessity.History of Section.P.L. 1930, ch. 1566, § 2; P.L. 1932, ch. 1875, § 1; P.L. 1936, ch. 2284, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 403, § 2; P.L. 1950, ch. 2555, § 1; P.L. 1952, ch. 3027, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-23-3; P.L. 1962, ch. 10, § 2; P.L. 1962, ch. 97, § 2; P.L. 1982, ch. 16, § 4; P.L. 2005, ch. 128, § 2; P.L. 2005, ch. 132, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-23-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-23 - Holiday Business|Section 5-23-4 - Terms and conditions of license - Revocation.

§ 5-23-4. Terms and conditions of license — Revocation.Any city or town council in each case of granting the license shall fix, limit, and specify in the license the hours of the day during which the licensee or licensees may operate and may make those rules, regulations, and conditions relative to the granting, holding, and exercising those licenses that it deems necessary or advisable and that are not inconsistent with law, and may at any time at its pleasure suspend or revoke the license that it granted. The license shall be displayed in a conspicuous place on the premises licensed.History of Section.P.L. 1930, ch. 1566, § 2; P.L. 1930, ch. 1566, § 3; P.L. 1932, ch. 1875, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 403, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 5-23-4; P.L. 1976, ch. 169, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-23-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-23 - Holiday Business|Section 5-23-5 - Place of operation - Delivery carts.

§ 5-23-5. Place of operation — Delivery carts.The license shall not authorize any sale, rental, or operation at any place not specified in the license. The license is deemed to include permission to deliver by means of or sell from any cart or other vehicle, ice, milk, or newspapers; provided the number of carts or vehicles to be used for that purpose shall be specified in the license and there shall be displayed on each cart or vehicle while in that use any evidence that the city or town council prescribes that it is being used pursuant to that license.History of Section.P.L. 1930, ch. 1566, § 3; P.L. 1930, ch. 1566, § 4; P.L. 1932, ch. 1875, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 403, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 5-23-5; P.L. 1976, ch. 169, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-23-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-23 - Holiday Business|Section 5-23-6 - Enforcement - Penalties.

§ 5-23-6. Enforcement — Penalties.(a) Upon complaint filed with the director of labor and training by any employee or any consumer, or if a minor, by his or her parent or guardian, or by the lawful collective bargaining representative of an employee, that a licensee under this chapter has violated the terms of § 5-23-2, the director shall cause the complaint to be investigated, and if satisfied that a probable violation has occurred, shall issue a complaint against the licensee with a notice for a hearing. The hearing shall be held before a hearing officer of the department of labor and training. If the director concludes on the basis of the hearing record that a violation has occurred, he or she shall issue a cease and desist order to the licensee, or he or she shall refer the complaint to the attorney general for appropriate action as provided in subsection (c) of this section. The director shall issue regulations in conformity with law and preserving the rights of due process of all parties to implement the provisions of this subsection.(b) Every licensed or unlicensed person, firm, or corporation, including its officers and officials, who or that violates any of the provisions of his, her, or its license or the provisions of this chapter, except as set forth in subsection (a) of this section, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) for the first offense and not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each additional offense.(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, suit for violation of the provisions of this chapter, praying for criminal or civil injunctive or other relief, may be instituted in the superior court by any city or town or by the attorney general.(d) The penalty for opening and operating a business on December 25th of any year or on Thanksgiving Day, unless excepted, is, in addition to subsection (b) of this section, a fine not exceeding thirty percent (30%) of the sales or proceeds for that day.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 169, § 2; P.L. 1982, ch. 16, § 5; P.L. 1990, ch. 489, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 197, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-24-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-24 - Taverns, Cookshops, and Oyster Houses|Section 5-24-1 - Licensing and regulatory power of towns and cities.

§ 5-24-1. Licensing and regulatory power of towns and cities.(a) Any town or city council has the power to regulate, including the setting of hours of operation, the keeping of taverns, victualing houses, cookshops, oyster houses, and oyster cellars in the town or city, by granting licenses for those activities, upon any compensation for the benefit of the town or city that they see fit to impose, or by refusing to grant the licenses. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, all licenses issued pursuant to this section entitle the license holder to operate continuously after six o'clock (6:00) A.M. but not after two o'clock (2:00) A.M.(b) Upon application by any holder of a license issued pursuant to this section to the city or town council issuing that license and upon a showing of public convenience and necessity after a public hearing before that city or town council after having given notice by publication once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a daily or weekly newspaper published and circulated in the county in which the city or town issuing the license is located, the council may grant the application for additional operational hours between two o'clock (2:00) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) A.M.(c) For the purposes of this chapter a "victualing house" is a business where food is prepared and/or consumed on the premises.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 101, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 122, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 126, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 361, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-24-1; P.L. 1969, ch. 249, § 1; P.L. 1975, ch. 212, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 149, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 160, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 207, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-24-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-24 - Taverns, Cookshops, and Oyster Houses|Section 5-24-1.1 - Cumberland - Limited victualing license.

§ 5-24-1.1. Cumberland — Limited victualing license.(a) The town council of the town of Cumberland shall, in addition to the licensing and regulatory powers enumerated in § 5-24-1, have the power to issue limited victualing-house licenses for the purpose of permitting the operation of any agricultural or farm-related business to sell for consumption on the premises certain food items that complement the principal business, serve as a convenience to the public, and otherwise are in harmony with the rural atmosphere of the town.(b) The town council has the power to limit the hours of operation of that establishment as well as the types of foods that may be prepared for consumption on the premises.(c) No limited license shall be granted if the granting of the license is contrary to or inimical to the public health, safety, or welfare.(d) Any license issued pursuant to this section is subject to the provisions of § 5-24-2 relating to the term and duration of licenses. The annual fee shall be the same as that established for a full victualing license as provided in § 5-24-1.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 57, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 363, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-24-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-24 - Taverns, Cookshops, and Oyster Houses|Section 5-24-2 - Terms and duration of licenses.

§ 5-24-2. Terms and duration of licenses.Every license issued pursuant to §§ 5-24-1 and 5-24-1.1 shall specify the person licensed; the business licensed; the hours during which the premises may be opened for business; and the building or room in which the business shall be pursued; and shall continue and be in force until the first of December, unless revoked sooner for cause.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 101, § 2; 1909, ch. 122, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 126, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 361, § 2; P.L. 1940, ch. 885, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-24-2; P.L. 1969, ch. 249, § 2; P.L. 1996, ch. 57, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-24-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-24 - Taverns, Cookshops, and Oyster Houses|Section 5-24-3 - Penalty for violations.

§ 5-24-3. Penalty for violations.(a) Every person in any city or town who opens or keeps open any tavern, victualing house, cookshop, oyster house, or oyster cellar, without possessing a license obtained from the city or town council, or in any place other than that specified in that license, shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense, one-half (½) of that amount to the use of the city or town in which the offense has been committed and one-half (½) to the use of the state.(b) In addition to the fines enumerated above, the city of Pawtucket may close any unlicensed tavern, victualing house, cookshop, oyster house, or oyster cellar until the unlicensed tavern, victualing house, cookshop, oyster house, or oyster cellar obtains a license from the Pawtucket city council or the Pawtucket city council sitting as the Pawtucket board of license commissioners.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 101, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 122, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 126, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 361, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 5-24-3; P.L. 2012, ch. 58, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 60, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-24-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-24 - Taverns, Cookshops, and Oyster Houses|Section 5-24-4 - Maintenance of good order - Drunkards, wastrels, and minors excluded.

§ 5-24-4. Maintenance of good order — Drunkards, wastrels, and minors excluded.Every person licensed pursuant to §§ 5-24-1 and 5-24-1.1 shall maintain good order in the licensed building, and shall not suffer any person in that licensed building to become intoxicated, nor shall he or she take in pawn or pledge any article; neither shall he or she suffer that licensed building to become frequented by any common drunkard or person addicted to the intemperate use of spirituous or intoxicating liquors, or by any person who is a disturber of the peace, or who is wasting his or her property or earnings and means of supporting himself or herself and family, or by any person under lawful age. Every person licensed pursuant to § 5-24-1 violating either of the provisions of this section shall be deemed the keeper of a disorderly house and shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00), one-half (½) of that amount to the use of the city or town in which the offense has been committed and one-half (½) to the use of the state.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 101, §§ 5, 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 122, §§ 5, 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 126, §§ 5, 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 361, §§ 5, 6; G.L. 1956, § 5-24-4; P.L. 1996, ch. 57, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-24-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-24 - Taverns, Cookshops, and Oyster Houses|Section 5-24-5 - Annulment of license.

§ 5-24-5. Annulment of license.In case any person licensed pursuant to §§ 5-24-1 and 5-24-1.1 is convicted of keeping a disorderly house, the city or town council shall immediately withdraw and annul his or her license; and he or she shall not be licensed during the two (2) years next following his or her conviction.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 101, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 122, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 126, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 361, § 7; impl. am. P.L. 1950, ch. 2471, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-24-5; P.L. 1996, ch. 57, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-25-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-25 - Veterinary Practice|Section 5-25-1 - Chapter title - Creation of board of veterinary medicine.

§ 5-25-1. Chapter title — Creation of board of veterinary medicine.This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Veterinary Practice Act." Within the division of professional regulation of the department of health, there shall be a board of veterinary medicine to assist the division in regulating the practice of veterinary medicine administered by the director of the department.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 531, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-25-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-25 - Veterinary Practice|Section 5-25-2 - Definitions.

§ 5-25-2. Definitions.As used in this chapter:(1) "Animal" means any animal other than humans and includes, by way of illustration, not limitation, fowl, birds, fish, livestock, and reptiles, wild or domestic, living or dead.(2) "Department" means the Rhode Island department of health.(3) "Director" means the director of the Rhode Island department of health.(4) "Division" means the division of professional regulation within the department of health established in chapter 26 of this title.(5) "Veterinarian" means a person who practices veterinary medicine.(6) "Veterinarian/client/patient relationship" means a relationship where all of the following conditions have been met:(i) The veterinarian has assumed the responsibility for making medical judgments regarding the health of the animal or animals and the need for medical treatment, and the client has agreed to follow the instructions of the veterinarian;(ii) The veterinarian has sufficient knowledge of the animal or animals to initiate at least a general or preliminary (e.g. tentative) diagnosis of the medical condition of the animal or animals. This means that the veterinarian has recently seen and is personally acquainted with the keeping and care of the animal or animals, and/or by medically appropriate and timely visits to the premises where the animal or animals are kept;(iii) The veterinarian is readily available for follow-up in cases of adverse reactions or failure of the regimen of therapy; and(iv) The veterinarian maintains records that document patient visits, diagnosis, treatment, and other relevant information.(7) "Veterinary dentistry" means that part of veterinary science that deals with the prevention and treatment of diseases, developmental conditions, and injuries of the teeth, gums, and oral cavity in animals.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 531, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 343, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-25-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-25 - Veterinary Practice|Section 5-25-3 - Board - Composition - Appointment and terms of members.

§ 5-25-3. Board — Composition — Appointment and terms of members.The governor shall appoint a board of veterinary medicine. The board shall be composed of six (6) members whose terms of office shall extend for three (3) years and until a successor is appointed. Five (5) members of the board shall be veterinarians licensed in the state, one of whose practice shall include the treatment of equine or large animals, and one member shall be a public member. No member shall serve more than two (2) consecutive, three-year (3) terms. Former board members are eligible for reappointment no earlier than three (3) years following the expiration of their last term. The governor shall appoint one member for a term of one year; two (2) for a term of two (2) years; two (2) for a term of three (3) years; and one public member for a three-year (3) term. Initial appointments to the board shall take effect as of the date of appointment, however, the initial terms shall be calculated as though the date of appointment had been July 1, 1986. Appointments made subsequently shall be for three-year (3) terms. Terms shall begin on the first day of July of the year in which they are appointed and expire on the last day of June of the last year of their appointment. Any vacancy on the board caused other than by expiration of term shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of this section. The governor may remove any member of the board for cause.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 531, § 2; P.L. 1986, ch. 455, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-25-3.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-25 - Veterinary Practice|Section 5-25-3.1 - Receipts.

§ 5-25-3.1. Receipts.The proceeds of any fees collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited as general revenues.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 455, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 11.
RI Gen L § 5-25-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-25 - Veterinary Practice|Section 5-25-4 - Board - Qualifications of members.

§ 5-25-4. Board — Qualifications of members.Five (5) members of the board shall:(1) Be residents of this state and licensed to practice within this state for at least five (5) years prior to appointment; and(2) Be actively engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine for at least five (5) of the seven (7) years immediately preceding their appointment.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 531, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-25-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-25 - Veterinary Practice|Section 5-25-5 - Disposition of fees collected.

§ 5-25-5. Disposition of fees collected.All fees or funds collected under this chapter shall be paid into the state general treasury.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 531, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-25-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-25 - Veterinary Practice|Section 5-25-6 - Board and department - Powers and duties.

§ 5-25-6. Board and department — Powers and duties.(a) The board is authorized to recommend to the department and director of health for his or her approval, the adoption, and from time to time, the revision, of any rules and regulations not inconsistent with law that are necessary to enable the department to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter, including, but not limited to, regulations establishing continuing professional education requirements for veterinarians licensed under this chapter. The board shall recommend for licensure only duly qualified applicants. The board shall review applicants at least twice a year. It shall recommend the tests taken by applicants for licensure.(b) The department shall adopt all policies to be followed in the examination, licensure, and renewal of license of duly qualified applicants and has full authority to accept or reject the recommendations of the board. The department is responsible for granting all licenses to practice veterinary medicine. The department shall conduct hearings upon charges calling for the discipline of licensees or revocation of licenses. The department has the power to issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses and administer oaths to persons giving testimony at hearings. The department shall cause the prosecution of all persons violating this chapter. The department shall keep a record of all its proceedings. The department may delegate to any other persons that are necessary to carry on the work of the department.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 531, § 2; P.L. 2004, ch. 170, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 241, § 1.