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RI Gen L § 5-65-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-65 - Contractors' Registration and Licensing Board|Section 5-65-27 - Elderly person in-home solicitation - Right to cancel.

§ 5-65-27. Elderly person in-home solicitation — Right to cancel.(a) Definitions. For purposes of this section:(1) "Consumer" means an individual who contracts with a person offering to undertake or submit a bid to do work as a contractor.(2) "Elderly person" is defined in § 42-66-4.1.(3) "Emergency" means an urgent and immediate need for services, assistance, or repairs that must be addressed without delay to avoid substantial harm to persons or property.(4) "In-home solicitation" means any transaction made at the consumer's primary residence, including telephonic or online, except those transactions initiated by the consumer. A consumer response to an advertisement is not an in-home solicitation.(5) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited-liability company, association, or other group, however organized.(6) "Services" means work, labor, and services as a contractor pursuant to this chapter, as well as other disciplines governed by the board pursuant to statutory law.(b) In addition to all other methods of consumer protection provided by federal or state law, any contract that originates from an in-home solicitation of an elderly person for the purposes of performing work as a contractor pursuant to this chapter, as well as other disciplines governed by the board pursuant to statutory law, shall provide that any consumer who is an elderly person shall, in the absence of an emergency as defined herein, have three (3) days within which to cancel the in-home solicitation contract for contractor services.(c) The contractor shall, at the time of the agreement in accordance with § 5-65-3, give notice to the elderly person of all the rights that substantially comply with this section. The notice must:(1) Appear in the agreement under the conspicuous caption: "Notice of Cancellation"; and(2) Read as follows:. . . (date of transaction) "You may cancel this agreement, without any penalty or obligation, within three (3) business days from the above date. If you cancel, your cancellation notice must state that you do not wish to be bound by the agreement and mailed by registered or certified mail not later than midnight three (3) days following the consumer's signing the agreement, excluding Sunday and any holiday on which regular mail deliveries are not made. All cancellations must be mailed to:(insert name and address of the seller)."(d) Whenever the agreement fails to conform to the provisions of this section and the consumer or his or her agent has notified the seller of the consumer's intent to cancel the agreement by registered mail, return receipt requested, the contractor shall, within twenty (20) days, return any deposit made by the consumer. Failure to return any deposit shall enable the consumer to recover from the contractor double damages in any subsequent legal proceeding.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 398, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 425, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-65.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-65.1 - Home Inspectors|Section 5-65.1-1 - Short title.

§ 5-65.1-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Rhode Island Home Inspector Licensing Law."History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 140, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-65.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-65.1 - Home Inspectors|Section 5-65.1-2 - Definitions.

§ 5-65.1-2. Definitions.When used in this chapter:(1) "Associate home inspector" means a person who is employed by a licensed home inspector to conduct a home inspection of a residential building on behalf of a client for a fee under the direct supervision of the licensed home inspector and is licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.(2) "Board" means the contractors' registration and licensing board.(3) "Client" means any person who engages, or seeks to engage, the services of a home inspector for the purpose of obtaining an inspection of, and written report upon, the condition of a residential building.(4) "Home inspection" means an inspection and a written evaluation of the following readily visible and accessible components of a residential building: heating, cooling, plumbing, and electrical systems, structural components, foundation, roof, masonry structure, exterior and interior components, and any other related residential housing components, unless the scope of the inspection is otherwise clearly limited, in writing, in the inspection report. Unless otherwise expressly agreed to, in writing, a home inspection shall be based solely on observation of the readily visible and apparent condition of the foregoing components of a residential building as they exist on the date of the inspection, and it is not the purpose of the inspection to identify violations of, or noncompliance with, governmental codes or regulation. A home inspection shall, at a minimum, conform to any standards of practice promulgated by the board.(5) "Home inspector" means any person licensed as a home inspector to conduct a home inspection of a residential building on behalf of a client for a fee pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.(6) "Public body" or "agency" means any executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, or administrative body of the state or any political subdivision thereof, including, but not limited to: public officials elected or appointed; any department, division, agency, commission, board, office, bureau, authority; any school, fire, or water district; or other agency or quasi-public agency of state or local government that exercises governmental functions.(7) "Residential building" means a structure consisting of one or more residences and their appurtenances.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 140, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 228, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-65.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-65.1 - Home Inspectors|Section 5-65.1-3 - Board - Powers and duties.

§ 5-65.1-3. Board — Powers and duties.(a) The board shall have the following powers and duties:(1) Administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter;(2) Issue and renew licenses to home inspectors and associate home inspectors pursuant to the provisions of this chapter;(3) Suspend, revoke, or fail to renew the license of a home inspector;(4) Sanction or administer qualifying examinations for home inspector and associate home inspector applicants, and establish competency requirements;(5) Establish standards for the continuing education of home inspectors;(6) Adopt and publish a code of ethics and standards of practice for licensed home inspectors and associate home inspectors;(7) Prescribe or change the charges for examinations and other services performed;(8) Adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of title 42, necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter; and(9) Hear contested claims or cases; contested enforcement proceedings; and contested administrative fines in accordance with the administrative procedures act and the administrative regulations promulgated by the board.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 140, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-65.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-65.1 - Home Inspectors|Section 5-65.1-4 - Eligibility for licensure as home inspector.

§ 5-65.1-4. Eligibility for licensure as home inspector.(a) To be eligible for licensure as a home inspector, an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:(1) Be of good moral character;(2) Have successfully completed high school or its equivalent;(3) Have been engaged as a licensed associate home inspector for no less than one year, and have performed not less than one hundred (100) home inspections for compensation, or have been a registered/licensed contractor in good standing in any state for an aggregate of not less than five (5) years; and(4) Have passed an examination approved or administered by the board. The examination may have been passed before the effective date of this chapter.(b) After the effective date of this chapter, the board shall issue a license to any person upon application, provided that the applicant meets:(1) The requirements of subsections (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(4), and either:(i) Has been engaged in the practice of home inspections for compensation for not less than one year prior to the effective date of this chapter and has performed not less than one hundred (100) home inspections for compensation prior to the effective date of this chapter; or(ii) Is a registered/licensed contractor in good standing in any state for an aggregate of not less than five (5) years; or(2) The requirements of subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2), and has been engaged in the practice of home inspections for compensation for not less than two (2) years and performed not less than one hundred fifty (150) home inspections for compensation prior to July 1, 2013.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 140, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 282, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 228, § 3; P.L. 2013, ch. 305, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 409, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-65.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-65.1 - Home Inspectors|Section 5-65.1-5 - Eligibility for licensure as associate home inspector.

§ 5-65.1-5. Eligibility for licensure as associate home inspector.To be eligible for licensure as an associate home inspector, an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:(1) Be of good moral character;(2) Have successfully completed high school or its equivalent;(3) Have assisted in not less than fifty (50) home inspections in the presence of a licensed home inspector; and(4) Have passed an examination approved or administered by the board. The examination may have been passed before July 1, 2013.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 140, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 305, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 409, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-65.1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-65.1 - Home Inspectors|Section 5-65.1-6 - Identification cards and mandatory disclosures.

§ 5-65.1-6. Identification cards and mandatory disclosures.(a) Upon the issuance of a license by the board, an identification card shall also be issued to each licensed person.(b) All licensees subject to the provisions of this chapter must include their license number on all advertising proposals, contracts, inspection reports, and invoices displayed in a conspicuous manner.(c) Every written report of a home inspection provided to a client by a licensee must include:(1) A notice that any complaints regarding the home inspection or the home inspector or associate home inspector who performed it may be directed to the board, and shall also include the current address and telephone number of the board.(2) Where applicable, a disclosure that an inspection was performed by an associate home inspector.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 140, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-65.1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-65.1 - Home Inspectors|Section 5-65.1-7 - Applicability.

§ 5-65.1-7. Applicability.(a) Any person who conducts a home inspection as defined by this chapter shall be licensed pursuant to this chapter and comply with all the requirements of this chapter and any subsequent rules or regulations promulgated by the board.(b) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following provided the person does not hold himself or herself out as a home inspector or one who performs home inspections as defined in this chapter:(1) Any person who is employed by a governmental agency or public body and acting within the scope of that government employment;(2) Any person regulated by the state as an architect, professional engineer, electrical contractor, or master plumber who is acting within the scope of practice of his or her profession or occupation;(3) Any state-licensed real estate broker, broker-salesperson, or salesperson, who is acting within the scope of his or her profession;(4) Any state-licensed real estate appraiser or certified general or residential real estate appraiser, who is acting within the scope of his or her profession;(5) Any person regulated by the state as an insurance adjuster who is acting within the scope of his or her profession;(6) Any person certified or registered as a pesticide applicator who is acting within the scope of his or her profession;(7) Any person performing an inspection under the supervision of a licensed home inspector for the purpose of meeting the requirements of § 5-65.1-5(3) to qualify for licensure as an associate home inspector;(8) Any person registered/licensed as a contractor in good standing in any state acting within the scope of his or her occupation and experience; and(9) Any person conducting real estate inspections as a part of the insurance underwriting process.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 140, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-65.1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-65.1 - Home Inspectors|Section 5-65.1-8 - Reciprocity.

§ 5-65.1-8. Reciprocity.Upon payment to the board of the requisite fee and submission of a completed application approved by the board, the board shall issue a home inspector license to any person who:(1) Holds a valid license issued by another state or possession of the United States or the District of Columbia that has standards substantially equivalent to those of this state as determined by the board; or(2) Is licensed in this state as a state certified real estate appraiser or to practice architecture or professional engineering, provided the person meets the requirements set forth in § 5-65.1-4(a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(4).History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 140, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-65.1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-65.1 - Home Inspectors|Section 5-65.1-9 - Fees.

§ 5-65.1-9. Fees.(a) The board is empowered and directed to establish a fee schedule for the application, continuing education, examination, and reexamination of applicants for licensing; provided, that the fee for home inspector and associate home inspector licenses, and all subsequent renewals, shall be two hundred dollars ($200). All licenses issued by the board shall be valid for two (2) years.(b) Any fees established, prescribed, or changed by the board shall be to the extent necessary to defray all proper expenses incurred by the board and any staff employed to administer this chapter, except that fees shall not be fixed at a level that will raise revenues in excess of the amount estimated to be so required.(c) All fees and fines collected by the board shall be deposited as general revenues until June 30, 2008, and shall be allocated to provide sufficient resources to properly administer this program. Beginning July 1, 2008, all fees and fines collected by the board shall be deposited into a restricted-receipt account and shall be allocated to provide sufficient resources to properly administer this program.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 140, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 282, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 228, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-65.1-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-65.1 - Home Inspectors|Section 5-65.1-10 - Insurance requirements.

§ 5-65.1-10. Insurance requirements.(a) Every licensed home inspector and associate home inspector shall secure, maintain, and file with the board a certificate of insurance for an errors and omissions policy and a certificate of insurance for a general liability policy; both shall be for a minimum amount of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in the aggregate. These certificates must be valid from the date a license is issued until the license expires. This proof shall be deemed satisfactory if the policy is carried by the corporation, partnership, or franchise for which the home inspector is a contracted employee and the home inspector or associate home inspector is specifically covered by such policy.(b) Every proof of an errors and omissions or general liability policy required to be filed with the board shall not be effective unless it provides that the insurance may not be canceled until at least ten (10) days' notice of intention to cancel or to not renew has been received in writing by the board.(c) No contract provided by any licensed home inspector or associate home inspector shall contractually limit the liability of any such inspector to any amount less than the limits of insurance specified in subsection (a). Any such limitation provision in any home inspection contract issued on or after September 1, 2016, shall be void.(d) Failure of the licensee or corporation or partnership to maintain this insurance will result in the immediate loss of his or her license.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 140, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 282, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 228, § 3; P.L. 2016, ch. 513, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-65.1-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-65.1 - Home Inspectors|Section 5-65.1-12 - Licensing requirement and prohibitions.

§ 5-65.1-12. Licensing requirement and prohibitions.(a) Any person who provides, presents, calls, or represents himself or herself as a home inspector for compensation shall be licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.(b) No person, not licensed as a home inspector or associate home inspector, shall advertise or hold himself or herself out as a home inspector, or impersonate a home inspector or associate home inspector.(c) No corporation, firm, association, or partnership shall engage in business as a home inspector or represent itself as an inspection company unless a licensed home inspector as provided in this chapter is continuously engaged in the supervision of its inspections.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 140, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 282, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-65.1-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-65.1 - Home Inspectors|Section 5-65.1-13 - Violations - Penalties.

§ 5-65.1-13. Violations — Penalties.(a) Any person who operates as a home inspector without a license as adjudged in a final order issued by the board, upon proper written notification, is deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year, fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both, for a first or second offense. A third or subsequent violation of this subsection is to be deemed a felony and, upon conviction, the violator shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding two (2) years, fined not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or both.(b) Any person who violates a final order of the board where the monetary total of the order including, but not limited to, the monetary judgment and/or fines, is not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), upon proper written notification, is deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year, fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.(c) Any person who violates a final order of the board where the monetary total of the order including, but not limited to, the monetary judgment and/or fines, is five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more, upon proper written notification, is deemed guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding ten (10) years, fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.(d) A final order shall be considered delivered when served to a defendant or designated agent to accept service. In addition to any sentence or fine imposed by the court under subsections (a), (b), and (c), the court shall order a defendant to comply with any outstanding final order of the board, including any monetary judgment and to pay to the board any outstanding fine or fines previously imposed by the board pursuant to this chapter. A final order of the board may also be enforced in a civil contempt proceeding brought upon complaint in the district court.(e) If a home inspector is a repeat offender with violations of three (3) or more final orders of the board with respect to three (3) separate contracts executed by three (3) separate individuals/aggrieved parties and the violations are filed within a twenty-four-month (24) period, the violation shall be prosecuted as a felony and, upon conviction, the violator shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not to exceed ten (10) years or fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 140, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 64, § 2; P.L. 2018, ch. 69, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-65.1-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-65.1 - Home Inspectors|Section 5-65.1-14 - Home inspector appointments to the board.

§ 5-65.1-14. Home inspector appointments to the board.Notwithstanding any provisions in § 5-65-14 to the contrary, for a period of one year after the effective date of this chapter, the initial two (2) home inspectors appointed to the board shall not be required, at the time of their initial appointment, to be licensed under the provisions of this chapter, provided the appointed home inspectors have been engaged as home inspectors in this state for not less than five (5) years immediately preceding their appointment and have performed not less than one thousand (1,000) home inspections for compensation. Subsequent appointees to the board shall be licensed pursuant to this chapter and shall possess the foregoing minimum qualifications.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 140, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 228, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-65.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-65.2 - Rhode Island Well-Drilling, Pump Installers, and Water-Filtration Contractors Licensing Law|Section 5-65.2-1 - Short title and purpose.

§ 5-65.2-1. Short title and purpose.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Rhode Island Well-Drilling, Pump Installers, and Water-Filtration Contractors Licensing Law." The purpose of this chapter is to establish a licensing program and minimum standards for governing and enforcing the installation, construction, repair, development, and abandonment of wells, well pumps, water-supply systems, water-treatment systems, and water-filtration systems to ensure competency in the field and to safeguard the public health and to provide an adequate supply of clean and uncontaminated water for all persons in the state. Nothing in this chapter should be construed as relieving a public water-supply system of complying with relevant statutes or with the rules and regulations pertaining to the certification of public drinking-water-supply treatment and public-drinking-water supply transmission and distribution operators (R23-65-DWQ).History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 17, § 6; P.L. 2016, ch. 27, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 32, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-65.2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-65.2 - Rhode Island Well-Drilling, Pump Installers, and Water-Filtration Contractors Licensing Law|Section 5-65.2-4 - Fees.

§ 5-65.2-4. Fees.All persons seeking a well-drilling professional license shall submit a payment in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200), which shall support the licensing program, representing a license fee. All fines and fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited into a restricted-receipt account for the exclusive use of supporting programs established by the board.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 17, § 6.