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RI Gen L § 42-14-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14 - Department of Business Regulation|Section 42-14-7 - Deputies to superintendents.

§ 42-14-7. Deputies to superintendents.The superintendent of banking and the superintendent of insurance may appoint one or more deputies to assist him or her in the performance of his or her duties, who shall be removable at the pleasure of the superintendent, and the superintendent in his or her official capacity shall be liable for any deputy's misconduct or neglect of duty in the performance of his or her official duties. Service of process upon any deputy, or at the office of the superintendent upon some person there employed, at any time, shall be as effectual as service upon the superintendent.History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1590, § 31; G.L. 1909, ch. 233, § 3; G.L. 1896, ch. 181, § 1, as enacted by P.L. 1909, ch. 405, § 1; P.L. 1909, ch. 445, § 1; P.L. 1913, ch. 933, § 2; P.L. 1918, ch. 1638, § 1; P.L. 1919, ch. 1784, § 2; P.L. 1921, ch. 2040, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 225, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 274, § 3; P.L. 1923, ch. 447, § 1; P.L. 1929, ch. 1318, § 5; P.L. 1929, ch. 1393, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 73; G.L. 1938, ch. 127, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 122; G.L. 1956, § 42-14-7; P.L. 1983, ch. 147, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 47, art. 3, § 8.
RI Gen L § 42-14-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14 - Department of Business Regulation|Section 42-14-8 - Clerical assistance and expenses.

§ 42-14-8. Clerical assistance and expenses.The superintendent of banking and the superintendent of insurance may employ such clerical assistance and incur such office and traveling expenses for him or herself, his or her deputies and assistants as may be necessary in the performance of his or her other duties, and as provided by this title, within the amounts appropriated therefor.History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1590, § 31; G.L. 1909, ch. 233, § 3; P.L. 1909, ch. 445, § 1; P.L. 1913, ch. 933, § 2; P.L. 1918, ch. 1638, § 1; P.L. 1919, ch. 1784, § 2; P.L. 1921, ch. 2040, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 274, § 3; P.L. 1923, ch. 447, § 1; P.L. 1929, ch. 1393, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 127, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 122; G.L. 1956, § 42-14-8; P.L. 2018, ch. 47, art. 3, § 8.
RI Gen L § 42-14-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14 - Department of Business Regulation|Section 42-14-10 - Actuary.

§ 42-14-10. Actuary.The administrator of banking and insurance may appoint an actuary to assist him or her in the performance of his or her duties, including, but not limited to, evaluating fire, casualty and other insurance rates. The actuary shall serve under the direction of the administrator and shall be removable at the pleasure of the administrator. Insurance companies doing business in this state shall be assessed according to a schedule of their direct writings of insurance in this state to pay for the compensation of the actuary.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 135, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-14-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14 - Department of Business Regulation|Section 42-14-11 - Subpoena power - False swearing.

§ 42-14-11. Subpoena power — False swearing.(a) In connection with any matters having to do with the discharge of his or her duties pursuant to this chapter, the director, or his or her designee, in all cases of every nature pending before him or her, is hereby authorized and empowered to summon witnesses to attend and testify in like manner as in either the supreme or the superior courts. The director, or his or her designee, is authorized to compel the production of all papers, books, documents, records, certificates, or other legal evidence that may be necessary for the determination and the decision of any question or the discharge of any duty required by law of the department, including the functions of the superintendents of banking and insurance, by issuing a subpoena duces tecum signed by the director, or his or her designee.(b) Every person who disobeys this writ shall be considered in contempt of the department, and the department may punish that and any other contempt of the authority in like manner as contempt may be punished in either the supreme or the superior court.(c) Any person who shall willfully swear falsely in any proceedings, matter, or hearing before the department shall be deemed guilty of the crime of perjury.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 139, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 340, § 16; P.L. 2018, ch. 47, art. 3, § 8.
RI Gen L § 42-14-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14 - Department of Business Regulation|Section 42-14-12 - Sales of businesses.

§ 42-14-12. Sales of businesses.Any person, firm, or corporation acting as a broker for the sale of an existing business or the transfer of all or a substantial part of the materials, supplies, merchandise, or other inventory of an existing business or for the making of a bulk transfer under chapter 6 of title 6A for a fee, charge, or commission shall be required to post a bond in the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) with the department of business regulation with surety or sureties approved by the director of the department. Provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to attorneys, any person licensed as a real estate broker, or real estate salesman pursuant to the provisions of chapter 20.5 of title 5, except that no person, firm, or corporation shall act or hold himself or herself out as a business broker unless he or she holds a real estate broker's license issued by the department of business regulation that has not been revoked.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 65, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 115, § 3.
RI Gen L § 42-14-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14 - Department of Business Regulation|Section 42-14-13 - Transfer of powers and functions from department of business regulation.

§ 42-14-13. Transfer of powers and functions from department of business regulation.There are hereby transferred to the department of administration:(a) Those functions of the department of business regulation which were administered through or with respect to departmental programs in the performance of strategic planning as defined in § 42-11-10(c);(b) All officers, employees, agencies, advisory councils, committees, commissions, and task forces of the department of business regulation who were performing strategic planning functions as defined in § 42-11-10(c); and(c) So much of other functions or parts of functions and employees and resources, physical and funded, related thereto of the director of business regulation as are incidental to and necessary for the performance of the functions transferred by subsections (a) and (b).History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 29, § 8.
RI Gen L § 42-14-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14 - Department of Business Regulation|Section 42-14-14 - License applications - Investigation.

§ 42-14-14. License applications — Investigation.After receipt of any application for a license, permit, and/or registration that is subject to the jurisdiction of the department of business regulation, the director of business regulation or his or her designee shall conduct an investigation to determine whether the facts set forth in the application are true and shall receive from the department of the attorney general all records of criminal information which it has or shall receive indicating any criminal activity on the part of the individual signing the application. The department of the attorney general shall provide the information subject to the rules and regulations promulgated by the attorney general regarding the production of that information.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 105, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-14-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14 - Department of Business Regulation|Section 42-14-15 - Repealed.

§ 42-14-15. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 42-14-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14 - Department of Business Regulation|Section 42-14-16 - Insurance - Administrative penalties.

§ 42-14-16. Insurance — Administrative penalties.(a) Whenever the director, or his or her designee, shall have cause to believe that a violation of title 27 and/or chapter 14, 14.5, 62, or 128.1 of title 42 or the regulations promulgated thereunder has occurred by a licensee, or any person or entity conducting any activities requiring licensure under title 27, the director or his or her designee may, in accordance with the requirements of the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of this title:(1) Revoke or suspend a license;(2) Levy an administrative penalty in an amount not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000);(3) Order the violator to cease such actions;(4) Require the licensee or person or entity conducting any activities requiring licensure under title 27 to take such actions as are necessary to comply with title 27 and/or chapter 14, 14.5, 62, or 128.1 of title 42, or the regulations thereunder; or(5) Any combination of the above penalties.(b) Any monetary penalties assessed pursuant to this section shall be deposited as general revenues.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 336, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 130; P.L. 2006, ch. 85, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 98, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 47, art. 3, § 8.
RI Gen L § 42-14-16.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14 - Department of Business Regulation|Section 42-14-16.1 - Order to cease and desist.

§ 42-14-16.1. Order to cease and desist.(a) If the director, or his or her designee, has reason to believe that any person, firm, corporation, or association is conducting any activities requiring licensure under title 27 or any other provisions of the general laws or public laws within the jurisdiction of the department without obtaining a license, or who after the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license conducts any activities requiring licensure under title 27 or any other provisions of the general laws or public laws within the jurisdiction of the department, the department may issue its order to that person, firm, corporation, or association commanding them to appear before the department at a hearing to be held no sooner than ten (10) days nor later than twenty (20) days after issuance of that order to show cause why the department should not issue an order to that person to cease and desist from the violation of the provisions of applicable law.(b) The order to show cause may be served on any person, firm, corporation, or association named in the order in the same manner that summons in a civil action may be served, or by mailing a copy of the order, certified mail, return receipt requested, to that person at any address at which he or she has done business or at which he or she lives. If, upon that hearing, the department is satisfied that the person is in fact violating any provision of applicable law, then the department may order that person, in writing, to cease and desist from that violation.(c) All hearings shall be governed in accordance with chapter 35 of this title, the "administrative procedures act." If that person fails to comply with an order of the department after being afforded a hearing, the superior court in Providence county has jurisdiction upon complaint of the department to restrain and enjoin that person from violating this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2003, ch. 57, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 68, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 340, § 16; P.L. 2018, ch. 47, art. 3, § 8.
RI Gen L § 42-14-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14 - Department of Business Regulation|Section 42-14-17 - Rules and regulations.

§ 42-14-17. Rules and regulations.The director of the department of business regulation may promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary and proper to carry out the duties assigned to him or her by this title or any other provision of law.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 445, § 6.
RI Gen L § 42-14-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14 - Department of Business Regulation|Section 42-14-18 - Form and rate filing fees.

§ 42-14-18. Form and rate filing fees.The following fees shall be charged for the services of the division of insurance in reviewing policy or certificate forms, as those terms are defined in § 27-29-2(8), and related forms and rates that are required by law to be submitted by insurers, as that term is defined in § 27-29-2(5), for review and approval by the director prior to use:(1) For each policy or certificate form included in a single package, including any related forms, rates, and other documents submitted in the same package — forty dollars ($40.00); and(2) For related forms or revised rates in connection with a policy that has been previously approved, submitted in a single package, charged based upon the number of policies involved — twenty-five dollars ($25.00).(3) Fees shall be submitted with each filing and shall be deposited as general revenue. These fees shall be in addition to any taxes and fees otherwise payable to the state.(4) Before any form approved pursuant to chapter 2.5 of title 27 may be used in the state of Rhode Island, the fees specified in this section must be paid.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 62, § 16; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 130; P.L. 2005, ch. 173, § 3; P.L. 2014, ch. 91, § 3; P.L. 2014, ch. 94, § 3.
RI Gen L § 42-14-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14 - Department of Business Regulation|Section 42-14-19 - Cost of legal fees.

§ 42-14-19. Cost of legal fees.The director is hereby authorized and may in his or her discretion recover the reasonable cost of legal services provided by in-house attorneys of the office of legal counsel of the department of business regulation and incurred by the department of business regulation in matters pertaining to rate filings and examinations. Nothing in this section shall limit the power of the director to retain legal counsel and to recover the costs of such legal counsel pursuant to other provisions of the general laws.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 62, § 6.
RI Gen L § 42-14.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14.1 - Department of Business Regulation - Medical Malpractice Insurance|Section 42-14.1-2 - Malpractice insurance.

§ 42-14.1-2. Malpractice insurance.(a) The director of business regulation shall promulgate rules and regulations requiring all licensed medical and dental professional and all licensed health care providers to be covered by professional liability insurance insuring the practitioner for claims of bodily injury or death arising out of malpractice, professional error, or mistake. The director of the department of business regulation is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations establishing the minimum insurance coverage limits which shall be required; provided, however, that such limits shall not be less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for claims arising out of the same professional service and three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) in the aggregate. The director of the department of business regulation is further authorized to establish rules and regulations allowing persons or entities with sufficient financial resources to be self-insurers.(b) Every licensed health care provider in direct patient care within a licensed hospital shall obtain liability insurance in a minimum amount determined by the board of trustees of that hospital.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 350, § 3.
RI Gen L § 42-14.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14.2 - Department of Business Regulation - Automobile Wrecking and Salvage Yards|Section 42-14.2-1 - Definitions.

§ 42-14.2-1. Definitions.(a)"Auto wrecking processor" or "auto salvage processor", as used in this chapter, means a person, firm, corporation, or association that destroys, junks, dismantles, processes, or stores for later dismantling or destruction motor vehicles or parts thereof.(b)"Auto wrecking yard" or "auto salvage yard", as used in this chapter, means land upon which a person, firm, corporation, or association destroys, junks, dismantles, or stores for later dismantling or destruction motor vehicles or parts thereof, and may engage in the sale of used motor vehicle parts, or scrap therefrom.(c)"Department" or "licensor", as used in this chapter, means the "department of business regulation".History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 225, § 4; P.L. 1984, ch. 47, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 32, § 2.
RI Gen L § 42-14.2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14.2 - Department of Business Regulation - Automobile Wrecking and Salvage Yards|Section 42-14.2-2 - Duties of the department of business regulation.

§ 42-14.2-2. Duties of the department of business regulation.The department is hereby authorized to establish rules and regulations as appropriate in the public interest. The records of the department shall be open to inspection.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 225, § 4; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 32, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 82, § 15; P.L. 2015, ch. 105, § 15.
RI Gen L § 42-14.2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14.2 - Department of Business Regulation - Automobile Wrecking and Salvage Yards|Section 42-14.2-3 - License required.

§ 42-14.2-3. License required.No person shall establish or operate an auto wrecking yard or auto salvage yard without a license therefor as provided in this chapter and in chapter 21 of title 5. The license issued to a licensee for the operation of an auto wrecking yard or auto salvage yard shall be utilized solely at that location specified on the license, and said location shall be used substantially for that operation, and not as a subordinate of a related business. The subordinate or related business, if any, will be separate and apart from the auto wrecking yard and auto salvage yard operation.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 225, § 4; P.L. 1984, ch. 47, § 2.
RI Gen L § 42-14.2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14.2 - Department of Business Regulation - Automobile Wrecking and Salvage Yards|Section 42-14.2-4 - Application for license.

§ 42-14.2-4. Application for license.Application for license shall be made to the department upon the form prescribed by it. The department may require in the application or otherwise information relating to the location at which the business is to be conducted, the nature of the business, the name and residence of the applicant; if the applicant is a partnership, the name and residence of each partner; and if the applicant is a corporation, the names and residences of its principal officers and directors. The department may further require information relating to the applicant's financial status, his or her business integrity, whether the applicant has complied with chapter 21 of title 5, and whether the applicant conforms to all local ordinances pertaining to and governing the operation of auto wrecking and salvage yards, and any other pertinent information, all of which may be considered by the department in determining whether the granting of the application is in the public interest. Every application shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of the applicant, if an individual, or by one of the partners if the applicant is a partnership, or by an officer of the corporation if the applicant is a corporation, and shall be accompanied by the required fee.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 225, § 4; P.L. 1982, ch. 273, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 32, § 2.
RI Gen L § 42-14.2-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14.2 - Department of Business Regulation - Automobile Wrecking and Salvage Yards|Section 42-14.2-5 - Repealed.

§ 42-14.2-5. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 42-14.2-5.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14.2 - Department of Business Regulation - Automobile Wrecking and Salvage Yards|Section 42-14.2-5.1 - Term of licenses.

§ 42-14.2-5.1. Term of licenses.The director of the department of business regulation shall promulgate rules mandating the term of license for each license issued pursuant to this chapter; however, no license shall remain in force for a period in excess of three (3) years.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 184, § 13.
RI Gen L § 42-14.2-5.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14.2 - Department of Business Regulation - Automobile Wrecking and Salvage Yards|Section 42-14.2-5.2 - License fees - Renewal applications.

§ 42-14.2-5.2. License fees — Renewal applications.Any fee for the initial issuance or renewal of a license shall be determined by multiplying the per annum rate of the number of years in the term of license. The total fee for the entire term of license shall be paid prior to the issuance of the initial license or of the renewal. The application for renewal shall be made not less than thirty (30) days from date of expiration. Upon payment of the required fee, the license shall be renewed.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 184, § 13.
RI Gen L § 42-14.2-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14.2 - Department of Business Regulation - Automobile Wrecking and Salvage Yards|Section 42-14.2-6 - License fee.

§ 42-14.2-6. License fee.Every application to the department for renewal of an existing license or the issuance of a new license shall be accompanied by a fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per annum, payable to the state of Rhode Island. In the event the application is denied, the fee shall be returned to the applicant.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 225, § 4; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 32, § 2; P.L. 1987, ch. 184, § 14; P.L. 2004, ch. 595, art. 30, § 13; P.L. 2008, ch. 100, art. 33, § 4.
RI Gen L § 42-14.2-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-14.2 - Department of Business Regulation - Automobile Wrecking and Salvage Yards|Section 42-14.2-7 - Display and transfer of license.

§ 42-14.2-7. Display and transfer of license.Every license hereunder issued shall specify the location of each wrecking yard or salvage yard and must be conspicuously displayed at that location, or if the licensee wishes to change his or her location, an application shall be filed with the department requesting the change, and the permission of the department shall be necessary for a change of location. The license shall not be transferable or assignable without the express written consent of the department which shall, if it approves the transfer or assignment, issue a new license to the transferee or assignee subject to the terms and conditions of this chapter; provided, however, that the full fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per annum for each year of the term of license shall be paid in full for the new license regardless of the unexpired term of the license to be transferred. The license number shall appear on all business communications, advertising, estimates, signs, business cards, and other written documentation relating to that business.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 225, § 4; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 32, § 2; P.L. 1987, ch. 184, § 15; P.L. 2008, ch. 100, art. 33, § 4; P.L. 2008, ch. 355, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 365, § 1.