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RI Gen L § 5-44-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-44 - Psychologists|Section 5-44-21 - Penalty for violations.

§ 5-44-21. Penalty for violations.(a) It is a misdemeanor for any person, in offering his or her services to the public, to:(1) Use in connection with his or her name any designation tending to imply that he or she is a psychologist, or any description of services tending to imply that he or she is engaged in the practice of psychology or to render services defined as the practice of psychology, unless licensed or exempted under the provisions of this chapter;(2) Use in connection with his or her name any designation tending to imply that he or she is a psychologist, or to render services defined as the practice of psychology, during the time his or her license issued under the provision of this chapter is suspended or revoked;(3) Otherwise violate any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.(b) All these misdemeanors shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 233, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 469, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 303, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 416, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-44-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-44 - Psychologists|Section 5-44-22 - Injunction of violations.

§ 5-44-22. Injunction of violations.When it appears to the board that any person is violating any of the provisions of this chapter, the director may institute an action, commenced in the name of the board, to enjoin that violation in a court of competent jurisdiction. That court may enjoin any person from violating any of the provisions of this chapter, without regard to whether proceedings have been or may be instituted before the board or whether criminal proceedings have been or may be instituted.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 233, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 303, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 416, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-44-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-44 - Psychologists|Section 5-44-24 - Enforcement.

§ 5-44-24. Enforcement.The director shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. He or she, or his or her authorized agents, and the board shall be exempt from providing surety for costs in connection with the commencement of any legal proceedings under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 233, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 303, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 416, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-44-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-44 - Psychologists|Section 5-44-25 - Severability.

§ 5-44-25. Severability.The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any of this chapter's provisions are held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of that court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 233, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-44-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-44 - Psychologists|Section 5-44-26 - Appeals from director and board.

§ 5-44-26. Appeals from director and board.Any person aggrieved by any decision or ruling of the director or the board may appeal to the superior court in the manner provided in the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of title 42.History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 253, § 17; P.L. 2008, ch. 303, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 416, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-45-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-45 - Nursing Home Administrators|Section 5-45-2 - Functions of the department of health.

§ 5-45-2. Functions of the department of health.It is the function of the department of health to:(1) Develop, impose, and enforce standards that must be met by an individual in order to receive a license as a nursing home administrator. These standards shall be designed to ensure that nursing home administrators will be individuals who are of good character and are suitable, and who, by training or experience in the field of institutional administration, shall be qualified to serve as nursing home administrators;(2) Establish and carry out procedures designed to ensure that individuals licensed as nursing home administrators will, during any period that they serve as nursing home administrators, comply with the requirements of those standards;(3) Receive, investigate, and take appropriate action with respect to any charge or complaint filed with the department to the effect that any individual licensed as a nursing home administrator has failed to comply with the requirements of those standards;(4) Conduct a continuing study and investigation of nursing homes and administrators of nursing homes within the state, with a view to improving the standards imposed for the licensing of those administrators, and of procedures and methods for enforcing those standards with respect to licensed nursing home administrators.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 306, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-45-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-45 - Nursing Home Administrators|Section 5-45-3 - Board of examiners - Functions.

§ 5-45-3. Board of examiners — Functions.(a) It is the function of the board to:(1) Conduct examinations as required by the department and to act in an advisory capacity to the department in all matters pertaining to the licensing of nursing home administrators;(2) Develop and apply appropriate techniques, including examinations and investigations, for determining whether an individual meets those standards, subject to the approval of the director;(3) Recommend to the department the issuance of licenses and registrations to individuals determined, after application of those techniques, to meet those standards; and to recommend to the director the revocation or suspension of licenses or registrations previously issued; and to recommend disciplinary action to be taken against a nursing home administrator, including placing a licensee on probation, and ordering continuing education or professional mentoring by nursing facility professionals in any case where the individual holding that license or registration is determined substantially to have failed to conform to the requirements of those standards or when a nursing facility under the administrator's control has been found on its survey to have continued poor performance or is repeatedly unable to remain in compliance with standards; and(4) Adopt, on or before January 1, 1995, with the approval of the director of the department of health, rules and regulations governing a mandatory program of continuing education for nursing home administrators.(b) Programs for continuing education for nursing facility administrators may be presented by:(1) The Rhode Island Health Care Association;(2) The Rhode Island Association of Facilities for the Aging;(3) The American College of Health Care Administrators;(4) The Alliance for Better Nursing Home Care;(5) Nationally recognized associations of the groups listed in subsections (b)(1) — (b)(4);(6) Any accredited college or university; or(7) Any organizations authorized and approved by the department.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 306, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 170, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 82, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 91, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 157, § 3; P.L. 2005, ch. 249, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-45-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-45 - Nursing Home Administrators|Section 5-45-4 - Definitions.

§ 5-45-4. Definitions.For the purpose of this chapter, and as used in it:(1) "Board" means the board of examiners for nursing home administrators established by this chapter.(2) "Department" means the department of health.(3) "Designee" means any subordinate official of the department authorized by the director to carry out any of the powers and responsibilities granted to him or her by this chapter.(4) "Director" means the director of the department of health.(5) "Nursing home" means any facility providing nursing care to any in-patient that is required to be licensed under any law or regulation of the state and is further defined as a skilled nursing home by the licensing authority of the state.(6) "Nursing home administrator" means the individual responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the operation of the nursing home, whether or not those functions are shared by one or more other persons.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 306, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-45-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-45 - Nursing Home Administrators|Section 5-45-5 - Administrator's license required to operate nursing home.

§ 5-45-5. Administrator's license required to operate nursing home.No nursing home shall operate except under the supervision of a nursing home administrator, and no person shall be a nursing home administrator unless he or she is the holder of a sufficient nursing home administrator's license issued pursuant to this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 306, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-45-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-45 - Nursing Home Administrators|Section 5-45-6 - Licensing function of department of health - Term of licenses - Appeal of license denials, suspensions, or revocations.

§ 5-45-6. Licensing function of department of health — Term of licenses — Appeal of license denials, suspensions, or revocations.The department shall license nursing home administrators in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board with the approval of the director. A nursing home administrator's license shall be nontransferable and shall be valid until the following June 30th, or until surrendered for cancellation, or suspended or revoked for violation of this chapter or any other laws or regulations relating to the proper operation of a nursing home. Any denial of issuance or renewal or any suspension or revocation shall be subject to review upon the timely request of the licensee and pursuant to the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of title 42.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 306, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-45-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-45 - Nursing Home Administrators|Section 5-45-7 - Qualification for licensure.

§ 5-45-7. Qualification for licensure.In order to be eligible for licensure pursuant to this chapter, a person shall:(1) Be not less than eighteen (18) years of age and of good moral character;(2) Have satisfactorily completed a course of instruction and training approved by the department. The course shall be designed as to content and administered as to present sufficient knowledge of the needs properly to be served by nursing homes; laws governing the operation of nursing homes and the protection of the interests of patients in the nursing homes; and the elements of good nursing home administration;(3) Have passed an examination conducted by the board and designed to test for competence in the subject matter referred to in subsection (2). Where the department deems it appropriate for purposes of according with religious teachings, the examination of an individual may exclude any subjects that could be considered in derogation of, or in conflict with, the teachings and practice of any recognized religious faith. Any license issued on the basis of that abridged examination shall be annotated to designate the appropriate limitation of the type of facility of which the licensed individual may be an administrator; and(4) Pay licensure fees as set forth in § 23-1-54.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 306, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 124, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 391, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 18.
RI Gen L § 5-45-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-45 - Nursing Home Administrators|Section 5-45-8 - Licensure in other jurisdictions.

§ 5-45-8. Licensure in other jurisdictions.The department may issue a nursing home administrator's license without examination, to any person who holds a current license in good standing as a nursing home administrator from another jurisdiction; provided, that the department finds that the individual meets education and experience requirements as established by the department regulation. For purposes of this section, the department shall not disqualify an applicant on the basis that his or her most recent experience was in a management position having direct responsibility for overseeing and directing a number of licensed nursing home administrators, rather than as an administrator of a licensed long-term-care facility.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 306, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 150, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 254, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 383, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-45-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-45 - Nursing Home Administrators|Section 5-45-9 - Courses of instruction and training.

§ 5-45-9. Courses of instruction and training.If the department finds that there are not a sufficient number of courses of instruction and training conducted within the state to meet the requirements of this chapter, it may conduct one or more of these courses, and make provisions for those courses and their accessibility to residents of this state. The board of governors for higher education shall cooperate with the department in establishing and conducting those courses.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 306, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-45-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-45 - Nursing Home Administrators|Section 5-45-10 - Renewal of licenses - Continuing education.

§ 5-45-10. Renewal of licenses — Continuing education.(a) Every holder of a nursing home administrator's license shall renew it every two (2) years by applying to the department on forms provided by that agency.(b) Each renewal application shall be accompanied by the fee as set forth in § 23-1-54.(c) Beginning January 1, 1996, proof of satisfactory completion of a minimum of forty (40) clock hours of continuing education every two (2) years must be submitted with the renewal application.(d) Renewals shall be granted as a matter of course, unless the agency finds the applicant has acted or failed to act in a manner or under circumstances that would constitute grounds for suspension or revocation of a license.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 306, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 124, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 71, § 6; P.L. 1994, ch. 91, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 14, § 18; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 39, § 16; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 18.
RI Gen L § 5-45-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-45 - Nursing Home Administrators|Section 5-45-11 - Penalty for violations.

§ 5-45-11. Penalty for violations.It is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, for any person to:(1) Sell or fraudulently obtain or furnish any license or aid or abet in this violation;(2) Practice as a nursing home administrator under cover of any license or registration illegally or fraudulently obtained or unlawfully issued;(3) Practice as a nursing home administrator, or use in connection with his or her name any designation tending to imply that he or she is a nursing home administrator, unless licensed and registered to practice under the provisions of this chapter;(4) Practice as a nursing home administrator during the time his or her license or registration issued under the provisions of this chapter is suspended or revoked; or(5) Violate any of the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 306, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-45-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-45 - Nursing Home Administrators|Section 5-45-12 - Disciplinary proceedings - Grounds for discipline.

§ 5-45-12. Disciplinary proceedings — Grounds for discipline.(a) The department may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew any license issued under this chapter, or may reprimand, censure, or discipline a licensee or may require participation in continuing education or professional mentoring or may place an administrator on probation in accordance with the provisions of this section, upon decision and after a hearing as provided by chapter 35 of title 42, upon proof that the licensee engaged in unprofessional conduct. Unprofessional conduct includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:(1) Being unfit or incompetent by reason of negligence, habits, or other causes;(2) Violating any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules enacted in accordance with it; or acting in a manner inconsistent with the health and safety of the patients of the nursing facility in which he or she is the administrator;(3) Engaging in fraud or deceit in the practice of nursing home administration, or in his or her admission to this practice;(4) Being convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction, either within or without this state, of a felony; or(5) Failing to conform to minimal standards of acceptable and prevailing practice of nursing home administration.(b) If a nursing home administrator is placed on probation, the department may require the licensee to:(1) Report regularly to the department on matters that are the basis of the probation;(2) Limit practice to the areas prescribed by the department; or(3) Complete a prescribed program of continuing professional education until the licensee attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the department in those areas that are the basis of the probation.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 306, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 61, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 157, § 3; P.L. 2005, ch. 249, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-45-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-45 - Nursing Home Administrators|Section 5-45-13 - Rules and regulations.

§ 5-45-13. Rules and regulations.The department is empowered to make any changes in rules and regulations established pursuant to this chapter necessary to conform with federal statutes and regulations relating to the licensure of nursing home administrators.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 306, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-45-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-45 - Nursing Home Administrators|Section 5-45-14 - Receipts.

§ 5-45-14. 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. 1989, ch. 126, art. 26, § 17; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 24.
RI Gen L § 5-46-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-46 - Automobile Clubs|Section 5-46-1 - Posting of surety bonds.

§ 5-46-1. Posting of surety bonds.No automobile club, motor club, association, corporation, firm, or person engaged in any trade or business involving contractual reimbursement for towing, fines, accidental injury or death benefits, or engaged in the business of an automobile club, motor club, or traveler's club, shall issue any contract, policy, agreement, or engage in that business until it has placed upon deposit with the state treasurer the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in cash, securities, or a surety bond. This section shall not apply to any club, corporation, or person who or that has placed upon deposit an equivalent amount in cash or surety bond with the state treasurer or insurance commissioner of any other state, and has placed on record as evidence of that deposit, with the secretary of state, a certified copy of the receipt of that deposit or bond and any renewal of it.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 102, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-47-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-47 - Wrecking Contractors|Section 5-47-1 - Safeguards at demolition sites.

§ 5-47-1. Safeguards at demolition sites.Any person, firm, corporation, or other business entity engaged in the demolition of any building or other structure shall provide adequate safeguards for the protection of the general public, and shall be responsible to keep the area of the demolition free from unnecessary debris, and police the area of the demolition each day until the job is completed.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 150, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-47-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-47 - Wrecking Contractors|Section 5-47-2 - Reimbursements to municipal or volunteer firefighters.

§ 5-47-2. Reimbursements to municipal or volunteer firefighters.If it is necessary to utilize the personnel and equipment of the municipal fire department or voluntary fire department because of a fire at the demolition site, the person, firm, corporation, or other business entity engaged in the demolition shall reimburse the municipality or the voluntary fire department for the use of the fire equipment and personnel hours required to extinguish the fire.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 150, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-48-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-48 - Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology|Section 5-48-2 - Board of examiners - Composition - Appointments, terms, and qualifications of members.

§ 5-48-2. Board of examiners — Composition — Appointments, terms, and qualifications of members.(a) There exists within the department of health a board of examiners of speech-language pathology and audiology. The board shall consist of five (5) persons who are residents of the state and who have worked within the state for at least one year prior to their appointments.(1) Two (2) members shall be speech-language pathologists who have practiced speech-language pathology for at least five (5) years preceding appointment, are currently practicing speech-language pathology, and hold active and valid licensure for the practice of speech-language pathology in this state.(2) One member shall be an audiologist who has practiced audiology for at least five (5) years immediately preceding appointment, is currently practicing audiology, and holds active and valid licensure for the practice of audiology in this state.(3) One member shall be an otolaryngologist who holds certification by the American Academy of Otolaryngology — head and neck surgery, who is currently practicing otolaryngology, and holds active and valid licensure as a physician within this state.(4) One member shall be a representative of the consumer public who is not associated with or financially interested in the practice or business of speech-language pathology or audiology.(b) All appointments to the board shall be for the term of three (3) years. Members shall serve until the expiration of the term for which they have been appointed or until their appointed successors are qualified.(c) When a vacancy upon the board occurs, the director of the department of health shall, with the approval of the governor, appoint persons who are working within the state to fill the remainder of the vacant term.(d) The board shall reorganize annually during the month of January and shall select a chairperson.(e) A majority of currently filled positions shall constitute a quorum to do business.(f) No person shall be appointed to serve more than two (2) consecutive terms.(g) The first board and all future members shall be appointed by the director of the department of health, with the approval of the governor.(h) The director of the department of health, with the approval of the governor, may remove any member of the board for dishonorable conduct, incompetency, or neglect of duty.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 143, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 329, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 366, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 354, § 14; P.L. 2007, ch. 33, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 39, § 1.