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RI Gen L § 28-27-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-27 - Mechanical Trades|Section 28-27-23 - Administration of oaths.

§ 28-27-23. Administration of oaths.The director and his or her designees shall have the power to administer oaths to witnesses at a hearing which the department has authorized by law to conduct and any other oaths authorized or administered by the department.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 102, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-27-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-27 - Mechanical Trades|Section 28-27-24 - Recommendations of board - Order of the director - Appeal.

§ 28-27-24. Recommendations of board — Order of the director — Appeal.(a) The board, upon the completion of any hearing held on a verified complaint, shall present to the director of labor and training a written report of its findings and recommendations. The director shall then order that the license of the licensee charged shall be revoked or suspended, or impose a fine of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for a first violation and two thousand dollars ($2,000) for any subsequent violation within one year of the first violation, or that the complaint shall be dismissed in accordance with the recommendations. A copy of the order shall be immediately served upon the licensee and/or violator personally or by registered or certified mail. The order of the board is final unless the licensee and/or violator so charged or complainant within twenty (20) days after receipt of the order files an appeal with the director. The appeal will be determined by the administrator of the division or his or her designee. The director may accept or reject, in whole or in part, the recommended order of the board. The order of the director shall be final, and a copy of it shall be immediately served upon the person, firm, or corporation assessed.(b) The division is considered a person for the purpose of this section.(c) The chief of the section shall act as an investigator with respect to the enforcement of all the provisions of law relative to the licensing of pipefitting, refrigeration, sprinkler fitting, and sheet metal and, to this effect, whenever a complaint is made by the chief of the section to the department of labor and training director, or designee, that the provisions of this chapter are being violated, the director of the department of labor and training, or designee, may issue an order to cease and desist from that violation and may impose the above penalties against the violator and against the contractor. Each individual person acting in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense to any violator and/or contractor assessed a penalty under this section.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 102, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 196, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 380, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 265, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 319, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 407, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 432, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-27-24.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-27 - Mechanical Trades|Section 28-27-24.1 - Compelling obedience to subpoenas.

§ 28-27-24.1. Compelling obedience to subpoenas.In case of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully issued or subpoena duces tecum, or on the refusal of any witness to testify to any matter regarding which he or she may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of the district court or any judge of the district court, on application by the director, to compel obedience by proceedings in the nature of those for contempt.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 102, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-27-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-27 - Mechanical Trades|Section 28-27-25 - Judicial review of proceedings.

§ 28-27-25. Judicial review of proceedings.The superior court of the county where the licensee and/or violator so charged resided shall have the power to review the entire proceedings of any hearing had before the director and to review any order dismissing a complaint or revocation of a license and all questions of law presented by the record provided an appeal is filed pursuant to chapter 35 of title 42.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 102, § 2; P.L. 2002, ch. 380, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-27-25.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-27 - Mechanical Trades|Section 28-27-25.1 - Judicial enforcement.

§ 28-27-25.1. Judicial enforcement.The district court shall have jurisdiction to enforce compliance with the provisions of this chapter upon petition being filed by the director of labor and training or his or her designee and notice being given to the person or persons charged with a violation of the provisions of this chapter, and it may issue any process of injunction, mandamus, or otherwise that in the opinion of the court is necessary to enforce compliance with the provisions of this chapter, but no ex parte restraining order shall be issued unless upon showing satisfactory to the court that danger to life or property is imminent, and in that case citation to the defendant shall be returnable not more than five (5) days after the ex parte restraining order is entered.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 102, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-27-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-27 - Mechanical Trades|Section 28-27-26 - Repealed.

§ 28-27-26. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 102, § 2; P.L. 1999, ch. 114, § 3; Repealed by P.L. 2002, ch. 380, § 3, effective June 28, 2002.
RI Gen L § 28-27-26.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-27 - Mechanical Trades|Section 28-27-26.1 - Enforcement.

§ 28-27-26.1. Enforcement.(a) It shall be the duty of the director of the department of labor and training and of state and local inspection authorities to enforce the provisions of this chapter. Local building and related inspectors, who are involved in day-to-day inspection, shall have the primary responsibility for enforcing the provisions of this chapter. The above individuals shall have authority to demand the production of the licenses and certificates required by this chapter on any site where work that is the subject of this chapter is occurring, and shall have the authority to investigate and where appropriate make complaints pursuant to § 28-27-21, 28-27-28 or 28-22-2 where sufficient evidence has been obtained to sustain a reasonable belief that a violation of this chapter has occurred.(b) The state board of examiners shall also have concurrent responsibility to enforce the provisions of this chapter, and shall have the authority to demand the production of the licenses and certificates required by this chapter on any site where work that is the subject of this chapter is occurring, and shall have the authority to investigate and where appropriate make complaints pursuant to § 28-27-21, 28-27-28 or 28-22-2 where sufficient evidence has been obtained to sustain a reasonable belief that a violation of this chapter has occurred. The director of the department of labor and training shall provide identification to the board members for the purposes of this section.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 239, § 4; P.L. 2002, ch. 380, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-27-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-27 - Mechanical Trades|Section 28-27-27 - Repealed.

§ 28-27-27. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 102, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2002, ch. 380, § 3, effective June 28, 2002.
RI Gen L § 28-27-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-27 - Mechanical Trades|Section 28-27-29 - Persons and acts exempt.

§ 28-27-29. Persons and acts exempt.(a) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to persons classified as maintenance personnel regularly in the employ of a public utility company doing utility company work, hospitals, schools, city, town or state employees regularly employed as maintenance personnel on the premises of the employer, and to any person employed in a plant maintenance department.(b) "Maintenance" is confined to the specific premise and means preserving or repairing anything that exists, and can be maintained by persons regularly employed within a specific building or complex. Normally, city or town permits are not required for this work, nor is a state pipefitters/refrigeration or sheet metal workers license.(c) "Service work" means work performed by state licensed qualified tradespersons or pipefitters/refrigeration mechanics or sheet metal workers.(d) "Installation or new construction" means the modification, altering, or installation of any piping/refrigeration or air distribution systems, or their components (i.e., boilers, pumps, compressors, circulators, fans, and coils). This work requires state licensed pipefitter/refrigeration workers or sheet metal workers and city and town or state mechanical permits. If boiler installation is over two hundred thousand (200,000) BTU's on commercial work, a state boiler permit from occupational safety is required.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 102, § 2; P.L. 1999, ch. 330, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 437, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-27-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-27 - Mechanical Trades|Section 28-27-30 - Enforcement procedures.

§ 28-27-30. Enforcement procedures.Violations of this chapter may be enjoined upon bill of complaint being filed in the superior court for the county in which those violations have been committed by the department of labor and training or by any association of pipefitter or refrigeration/air conditioning masters or journeypersons, licensed pipefitter or refrigeration/air condition masters or journeypersons, or association of sheet metal contractors or journeyperson sheet metal workers, licensed sheet metal contractor or journeyperson sheet metal worker or by any inspector. Injunctions may be granted by the superior court after hearing in open court against any person, firm, corporation, or association which has violated any of the provisions of this chapter, without regard to whether proceedings have been or may have been instituted before the department. No ex parte restraining orders shall be issued in suits brought pursuant to this section. Violators may also be ordered to pay the complaint's reasonable attorney's fees.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 102, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 196, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 149, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 330, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 437, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-27-30.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-27 - Mechanical Trades|Section 28-27-30.1 - Severability.

§ 28-27-30.1. Severability.If any provision or part of this chapter, or its application to any person or circumstances, is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the remaining provisions of this chapter and the application of the provisions to other persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected by that invalidity.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 102, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-27-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-27 - Mechanical Trades|Section 28-27-31 - Repealed.

§ 28-27-31. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 214, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 204, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 102, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 1995, ch. 323, § 10, effective July 5, 1995.
RI Gen L § 28-27-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-27 - Mechanical Trades|Section 28-27-32 - Discrimination.

§ 28-27-32. Discrimination.The department of labor and training shall not grant, deny, suspend, or revoke the license of any person on the grounds of race, color, religious creed, sex, age, national origin, disability, or ancestry.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 102, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 149, § 4; P.L. 1991, ch. 323, § 4; P.L. 1997, ch. 150, § 6.
RI Gen L § 28-27-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-27 - Mechanical Trades|Section 28-27-33 - Investigator's devotion to duties - Assignment of investigators.

§ 28-27-33. Investigator's devotion to duties — Assignment of investigators.Investigators shall devote their entire scheduled work time and attention to the duties of their respective offices. The administrator of the division of professional regulation shall assign investigators to the duties to be performed. No employee of the division shall do or accept employment with another employer which is in conflict with his or her official duties.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 102, § 2; P.L. 1995, ch. 323, § 9; P.L. 2002, ch. 380, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-27-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-27 - Mechanical Trades|Section 28-27-34 - "Division" and "chief administrator" defined.

§ 28-27-34. "Division" and "chief administrator" defined.(a) "Division" means the division of professional regulation within the department of labor and training as established by § 28-22-1, in which all bureaus, boards, and commissions will serve and act in an advisory capacity to the director of labor and training in their area of expertise within the division of professional regulation. The division administers chapters 26 and 27 of this title and chapter 6 of title 5.(b) "Chief administrator" means the person appointed by the director of labor and training under § 28-22-1 to act as his or her liaison with all bureaus, boards, and commissions encompassed by this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 102, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-28-1, 28-28-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-28 - Investigation of Industrial Fatalities|Section 28-28-1, 28-28-2 - Repealed.

§ 28-28-1, 28-28-2. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 28-29-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-1 - Short title.

§ 28-29-1. Short title.Chapters 29 — 38 of this title may be cited as the "Workers' Compensation Act."History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 5, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 8, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 9, § 6; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-29-1.
RI Gen L § 28-29-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-1.1 - Name change.

§ 28-29-1.1. Name change.Wherever in the general or public laws there appears the word "workmen's" in relation to workmen's compensation, it shall be substituted with the word "workers'."History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 231, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-29-1.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-1.2 - Legislative findings and implementation of reforms.

§ 28-29-1.2. Legislative findings and implementation of reforms.(a) (1) WHEREAS, the system of workers' compensation in the state of Rhode Island is presently in a state of crisis; and(2) WHEREAS, the stability and fiscal health of the overall workers' compensation system is essential to the delivery of appropriate compensation and health care to the injured worker; and(3) WHEREAS, all professionals providing services covered under the provisions of this title must take into account, in the performance of their service, the important public policy in favor of a sound and properly functioning workers' compensation system in this state, and have the duty to protect and maintain the integrity of this system; and(4) WHEREAS, abuse and misuse of the workers' compensation system has brought discredit on the system and its participants, including the legitimately injured worker, and has endangered the stability and fiscal health of the system; and(5) WHEREAS, significant improvement has already been initiated by the general assembly's 1990 reforms and by the administration of the workers' compensation court; and(6) WHEREAS, sweeping additional reform is required to bring the system into balance and eliminate waste and unnecessary costs; and(7) WHEREAS, additional incentives are necessary to induce insurers adequately and vigorously to manage their cases; to swiftly and fairly identify and remove from the workers' compensation system employees who are no longer disabled; to swiftly and fairly make appropriate adjustments for employees who are capable of employment; to motivate return to gainful employment in the work force; to improve the safety of the workplace and the rehabilitation to gainful employment in the work force; to improve the safety of the workplace and the rehabilitation to gainful employment of the injured worker; and to assure that all participants in the system recognize their obligation to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the overall integrity and welfare of the compensation system, and that deviation from that conduct is at their peril.(b) Any amendment to chapters 29 — 38 of this title which may affect the cost of workers' compensation to the state of Rhode Island shall have a fiscal note attached.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 31, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-29-1.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-1.3 - Jurisdiction of Workers' Compensation Act.

§ 28-29-1.3. Jurisdiction of Workers' Compensation Act.The provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title shall apply to any and all employees, as defined in § 28-29-2(4), who are injured or hired in the state of Rhode Island.History of Section.P.L. 2002, ch. 119, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 280, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-29-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-3 - Defenses abrogated as to injuries in course of employment.

§ 28-29-3. Defenses abrogated as to injuries in course of employment.In an action to recover damages for personal injury sustained by an employee arising out of and in the course of his or her employment, connected with and referable to the employment, or for death resulting from personal injury so sustained, it shall not be a defense:(1) That the employee was negligent;(2) That the injury was caused by the negligence of a fellow employee;(3) That the employee has assumed the risk of the injury.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 1, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 1, § 1; P.L. 1936, ch. 2290, § 1; P.L. 1936, ch. 2358, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 1, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2282, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-29-3.
RI Gen L § 28-29-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-4 - Defenses available in action against employer subject to law - Towns and cities.

§ 28-29-4. Defenses available in action against employer subject to law — Towns and cities.The provisions of § 28-29-3 shall not apply to actions to recover damages for personal injuries or for death resulting from personal injuries sustained by an employee of an employer who is subject to or has elected to become subject to the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title, as provided in §§ 28-29-6 — 28-29-8, nor to any action brought against a town or city by an employee of a town or city, unless that town or city votes to accept the provisions of those chapters in the manner provided.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 1, § 4; P.L. 1917, ch. 1534, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 1, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art 1, § 3; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-29-4.
RI Gen L § 28-29-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-5 - Employers exempt.

§ 28-29-5. Employers exempt.The provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title shall not apply to employers of employees engaged in domestic service or subject to the provisions of § 28-29-7.2 or agriculture, except for employers engaged in occupations which the director declares hazardous, but employers not engaged in hazardous occupations may, by complying with the provisions of § 28-29-8, become subject to the provisions of those chapters.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 1, §§ 2, 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 1, §§ 2, 3; P.L. 1926, ch. 764, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 1, § 2; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-29-5; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 4; P.L. 1997, ch. 155, § 2; P.L. 1998, ch. 32, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-29-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-6 - Employers subject to law.

§ 28-29-6. Employers subject to law.Every person, firm, and private corporation, including any public service corporation, including the state, that regularly employs employees in the same business or in or about the same establishment under any contract of hire, express or implied, and a city or town in this state that votes to accept the provisions of those chapters in the manner provided shall constitute an employer subject to the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 1, § 4; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-29-6; P.L. 1992, ch. 31, § 2; P.L. 1994, ch. 101, § 2; P.L. 1994, ch. 401, § 3; P.L. 1998, ch. 32, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-29-6.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-6.1 - Secondary provision of workers' compensation insurance.

§ 28-29-6.1. Secondary provision of workers' compensation insurance.(a) Whenever a general contractor or a construction manager enters into a contract with a subcontractor for work to be performed in Rhode Island, the general contractor or construction manager shall at all times require written documentation evidencing that the subcontractor carries workers' compensation insurance with no indebtedness for its employees for the term of the contract or is an independent contractor pursuant to the provisions of § 28-29-17.1. In the event that the general contractor or construction manager fails to obtain the written documentation from the subcontractor, the general contractor or construction manager shall be deemed to be the employer pursuant to provisions of § 28-29-2.(b) For the purposes of this section, "construction manager" means an individual corporation, partnership, or joint venture or other legal entity responsible for supervising and controlling all aspects of construction work to be performed on the construction project, as designated in the project documents, in addition to the possibility of performing some of the construction services itself. For the purposes of this section, the construction manager need have no contractual involvement with any of the parties to the construction project other than the owner, or may contract directly with the trade contractors pursuant to its agreement with the owner.(c) This section only applies to a general contractor, subcontractor, or construction manager deemed an employer subject to the provisions of Chapters 29 — 38 of this title, as provided in § 28-29-6.(d) Whenever the workers' compensation insurance carrier is obligated to pay workers' compensation benefits to the employee of an uninsured subcontractor, the workers' compensation insurance carrier shall have a complete right of indemnification to the extent benefits are paid against either the uninsured subcontractor, uninsured general contractor or uninsured construction manager.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 385, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 38, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 491, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 388, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 395, § 1.