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RI Gen L § 5-8.1-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-8.1 - Land Surveyors|Section 5-8.1-12 - Board of registration for professional land surveyors - Official stamp of professional land surveyor.

§ 5-8.1-12. Board of registration for professional land surveyors — Official stamp of professional land surveyor.(a) A registrant under this chapter may obtain a Rhode Island seal of the design authorized by the board of land surveyors, bearing the registrant's name, registration number, and the legend "Professional Land Surveyor." Final surveys, drawings, reports, plats, replats, plans, legal descriptions, and calculations prepared by a registrant shall, when issued, be signed, dated, and stamped with the seal or facsimile of a seal. It is unlawful for a land surveyor to affix, or permit his or her seal or facsimile of a seal to be affixed, to any survey, drawing, report, plan, legal descriptions, plat, replat, report, legal description, or calculations after expiration of a certificate or for the purpose of aiding or abetting any other person to evade or attempt to evade any provisions of this chapter. It is unlawful for any person other than the registered land surveyor who has signed and sealed the survey, drawing, plan, plat, replat, report, legal description, or calculations to modify, change, amend, add, or delete any data, information, lines, angles, or areas shown on the survey, drawing, plan, plat, replat, or report.(b) Upon revocation or suspension of his or her certificate of registration, or upon expiration of the certificate without renewal, a professional land surveyor shall surrender his or her stamp to the board of land surveyors. The director has the power to institute proceedings in superior court to enforce this subsection.(c) Upon the death of any professional land surveyor registered under this chapter, that person(s) appointed to administer the estate of the decedent shall surrender the stamp of the deceased professional land surveyor to the board of land surveyors. The director has the power to institute proceedings in superior or probate court to enforce this subsection.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 330, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 304, § 4; P.L. 1992, ch. 337, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 86, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 298, § 3; P.L. 2013, ch. 378, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-8.1-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-8.1 - Land Surveyors|Section 5-8.1-14 - Board of registration for professional land surveyors - Unlawful practices.

§ 5-8.1-14. Board of registration for professional land surveyors — Unlawful practices.It is unlawful for any person to practice or offer to practice land surveying in this state, as defined by this chapter, or to use in connection with his or her name or assume or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that he or she is a land surveyor unless that person is registered or exempted from registration under the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 330, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-8.1-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-8.1 - Land Surveyors|Section 5-8.1-16 - Board of registration for professional land surveyors - Appeals.

§ 5-8.1-16. Board of registration for professional land surveyors — Appeals.Any person aggrieved by any decision or ruling of the department may appeal that decision in accordance with the provisions of chapter 35 of title 42.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 330, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 298, § 3; P.L. 2013, ch. 378, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-8.1-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-8.1 - Land Surveyors|Section 5-8.1-18 - Board of registration for professional land surveyors - Public works.

§ 5-8.1-18. Board of registration for professional land surveyors — Public works.This state and its political subdivisions, such as county, city, town or legally constituted board, districts, commissions, or authorities, shall not engage in the practice of land surveying involving either public or private property without the surveying being under the direct charge and supervision of a land surveyor registered under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 330, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-8.1-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-8.1 - Land Surveyors|Section 5-8.1-19 - Board of registration for professional land surveyors - Duties of recorders.

§ 5-8.1-19. Board of registration for professional land surveyors — Duties of recorders.It is unlawful for the recorder of deeds or the registrar of titles or any city or town clerk or employee of these to accept, file, or record any map, plat, replat, survey, or other documents within the definition of land surveying that do not have impressed on them and affixed to them the personal signature, date, and seal of a professional land surveyor registered under this chapter and by whom or under whose direct supervision the map, plat, replat, survey, or other documents were prepared.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 330, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 304, § 4.
RI Gen L § 5-8.1-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-8.1 - Land Surveyors|Section 5-8.1-20 - Land surveyors rendering assistance during disaster emergency - Immunity from civil liability.

§ 5-8.1-20. Land surveyors rendering assistance during disaster emergency — Immunity from civil liability.(a) A land surveyor, duly licensed to practice in Rhode Island under this chapter, who voluntarily and without compensation provides land-surveying services at the scene of a disaster emergency, shall not be liable for any personal injury, wrongful death, property damage, or other loss or damages caused by an act or omission of the land surveyor in performing the services.(b) As used in this section, "disaster emergency" means a disaster emergency declared by executive order or proclamation of the governor pursuant to chapter 15 of title 30.(c) The immunity provided in subsection (a) applies only to the practice of land surveying as defined in this chapter regarding a land surveying service that:(1) Concerns a land, air, space, or water resource, whether publicly or privately owned, that is identified pursuant to a disaster emergency executive order or proclamation;(2) Relates to the integrity of the entire land, air, space, or water resource, or any portion of that resource, and affects public safety; and(3) Is rendered during the time in which a state of disaster emergency exists, as provided in chapter 15 of title 30.(d) The immunity granted by this section does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 403, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-9-1 - 5-9-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-9 - Explosives Act|Section 5-9-1 - 5-9-16 - [Repealed.]

§ 5-9-1 — 5-9-16. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 5-10-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-10 - Barbers, Hairdressers, Cosmeticians, Manicurists and Estheticians|Section 5-10-2 - Creation of division of professional regulation and board of barbering and hairdressing - Powers and duties.

§ 5-10-2. Creation of division of professional regulation and board of barbering and hairdressing — Powers and duties.(a) Within the department of health there is a division of professional regulation and a board of barbering and hairdressing. The division shall:(1) Approve all written and practical examinations;(2) Issue all licenses and permits subsequently provided for in this chapter;(3) Serve as the sole inspector of sanitation of all establishments licensed under this chapter;(4) Make any rules and regulations that the division deems necessary or expedient, in conformity with the provisions of this chapter and not contrary to law, for the conduct of the business of barbering and hairdressing and cosmetic therapy or esthetics and manicuring, for the use of appliances, apparatus, and electrical equipment and machines and the establishment of sanitary requirements in all establishments and of all persons licensed under the provisions of this chapter;(5) Keep a register of all persons and places of business licensed under this chapter;(6) Keep complete records of all persons and establishments licensed under this chapter;(7) Summon witnesses and administer oaths; and(8) Do all things and perform all acts necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter.(b) The board of barbering and hairdressing shall have a policy-making role in selection of the examinations. Subsequent to the administration of the examination, the board of examiners shall review the examinations to evaluate their effectiveness. The board shall supervise the operations of the division of professional regulation in an advisory capacity in promulgating any policy that is necessary to improve the operations of the division in their areas of expertise. The promulgation of that policy is subject to the approval of the director of the department. Members of the board are subject to the provisions of chapter 14 of title 36.History of Section.P.L. 1926, ch. 765, §§ 6, 8; P.L. 1927, ch. 1026, § 1; P.L. 1928, ch. 1211, § 1; P.L. 1931, ch. 1793, §§ 1, 2; P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 118; P.L. 1936, ch. 2262, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 263, §§ 2, 7, 8; P.L. 1942, ch. 1229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-10-2; P.L. 1974, ch. 246, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 53, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 314, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 289, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-10-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-10 - Barbers, Hairdressers, Cosmeticians, Manicurists and Estheticians|Section 5-10-3 - Board of barbering and hairdressing - Appointments - Organization - Removal of members.

§ 5-10-3. Board of barbering and hairdressing — Appointments — Organization — Removal of members.(a) The governor shall appoint seven (7) members to a board of barbering and hairdressing who shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The governor shall appoint one public member, three (3) licensed cosmetologists, and three (3) licensed barbers. However, for the initial board appointments, the three hairdressing members of the current board of hairdressing and the three (3) barber members of the current board of barbering shall be automatically appointed to the board of barbering and hairdressing to fulfill their unexpired terms. To be eligible for appointment to the board, the appointee shall have been a licensed barber or hairdresser and cosmetician, continuously and actively engaged in that practice for at least five (5) years immediately preceding his or her appointment, and not be connected, either directly or indirectly, with any school of barbering, hairdressing, and cosmetic therapy as defined in § 5-10-1(17), or any establishment dealing in barbering, cosmetic, or hairdressing supplies.(b) Any member of the board appointed by the governor may be removed by the governor for cause and any vacancy occurring in the membership of the board by that removal shall be filled by the governor by the appointment of a qualified person to serve for the unexpired term.(c) The division shall keep a record of all proceedings of the board, issue all notices, attest all records, and perform any other duties that are required by the board.(d) The department is authorized to employ a chief field inspector appointed by the governor and to assist the division in the proper administration of this chapter.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 263, § 11; P.L. 1942, ch. 1229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-10-3; P.L. 1977, ch. 228, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 263, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 53, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 378, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 289, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 37, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-10-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-10 - Barbers, Hairdressers, Cosmeticians, Manicurists and Estheticians|Section 5-10-4 - Board of barbering and hairdressing - Compensation of members.

§ 5-10-4. Board of barbering and hairdressing — Compensation of members.No member of the board shall be compensated for his or her services for attendance at meetings of the board or attendance at examinations, but shall be reimbursed by the department of health for his or her traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties provided in this chapter.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 263, § 15; P.L. 1942, ch. 1229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-10-4; P.L. 1978, ch. 298, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 263, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 53, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 314, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 367, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 289, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 117, art. 21, § 5.
RI Gen L § 5-10-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-10 - Barbers, Hairdressers, Cosmeticians, Manicurists and Estheticians|Section 5-10-5 - [Repealed.]

§ 5-10-5. [Repealed.]History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 263, § 16; P.L. 1942, ch. 1229, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 5-10-5; Repealed by P.L. 1986, ch. 378, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-10-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-10 - Barbers, Hairdressers, Cosmeticians, Manicurists and Estheticians|Section 5-10-6 - Meetings of board - Time and notice of examinations.

§ 5-10-6. Meetings of board — Time and notice of examinations.The board shall meet as often as necessary for the transaction of any business that regularly comes before it. The board shall hold each year, at any times and places within the state that it designates, at least two (2) public examinations for the various classes of licenses that it is empowered to issue. Practical examinations shall be held for those licenses.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 263, § 12; P.L. 1942, ch. 1229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-10-6; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 53, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 378, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 289, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-10-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-10 - Barbers, Hairdressers, Cosmeticians, Manicurists and Estheticians|Section 5-10-7 - License required for practice.

§ 5-10-7. License required for practice.No person shall practice barbering, hairdressing, and cosmetic therapy, esthetics, or manicuring in this state unless the person has first obtained a license for that particular practice; provided, that nothing in this chapter prohibits students enrolled in programs of hairdressing, barbering, and/or cosmetology from entering into work-study arrangements after they have completed the requisite hours of classroom instruction for that particular practice. Students participating in those work-study arrangements shall be under the direct supervision of a licensed hairdresser, barber, or cosmetologist, and shall be clearly identified as students. No course credit shall be granted for this students' participation in a work-study arrangement and in no event shall it continue beyond the students' graduation from school or completion of course work.History of Section.P.L. 1926, ch. 765, § 2; P.L. 1936, ch. 2362, § 2; P.L. 1938, ch. 2585, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 263, §§ 2, 5; P.L. 1942, ch. 1229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-10-7; P.L. 1974, ch. 246, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 289, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 432, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 489, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 491, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-10-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-10 - Barbers, Hairdressers, Cosmeticians, Manicurists and Estheticians|Section 5-10-8 - Issuance of licenses - Qualifications of applicants.

§ 5-10-8. Issuance of licenses — Qualifications of applicants.(a) The division shall issue licenses to persons engaged in, or desiring to engage in, the practice of barbering, hairdressing and cosmetic therapy and/or manicuring or esthetics and for instructing in any approved school of barbering or hairdressing and cosmetic therapy and manicuring or esthetics; provided, that no license shall be issued to any person under this chapter unless the applicant for the license:(1) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age;(2) Is a citizen of the United States of America or has legal entry into the country;(3) Is of good moral character;(4) Is a high school graduate or holds the equivalent or has twenty-five (25) or more years of prior experience in the practice for which the license is sought;(5) Has satisfactorily completed the course of instruction in an approved school of barbering, hairdressing, and cosmetic therapy and/or manicuring or esthetics;(6) Has satisfactorily passed a written and a practical examination approved by the division to determine the fitness of the applicant to receive a license; and(7) Has complied with § 5-10-10 and any other qualifications that the division prescribes by regulation.(b) Notwithstanding the provision of subsection (a)(4), on and after July 1, 1997, an applicant seeking licensure as a barber must be a high school graduate or hold the equivalent combination of education and experience.(c) The division may license, on a case-by-case basis, with or without examination, any individual who has been licensed as an esthetician, barber, cosmetologist, electrologist, or manicurist under the laws of another state, which, in the opinion of the division, maintains a standard substantially equivalent to that of the state of Rhode Island.History of Section.P.L. 1926, ch. 765, § 3; P.L. 1927, ch. 1026, § 1; P.L. 1936, ch. 2362, § 3; P.L. 1938, ch. 2585, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 263, § 3; P.L. 1942, ch. 1229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-10-8; P.L. 1974, ch. 246, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 53, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 378, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 314, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 289, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 43, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 165, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 489, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 491, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 38, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 62, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-10-9.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-10 - Barbers, Hairdressers, Cosmeticians, Manicurists and Estheticians|Section 5-10-9.1 - License portability.

§ 5-10-9.1. License portability.Notwithstanding any general law, special law, public law, or rule or regulation to the contrary, any licensed barber, hairdresser, cosmetician, manicurist, or esthetician who operates as an independent contractor at any "hair-design shop" licensed pursuant to § 5-10-15, shall be permitted to relocate, without obtaining a new license, to another licensed hair-design shop once during the term of their one-year license issued by the department of health.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 333, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 371, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-10-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-10 - Barbers, Hairdressers, Cosmeticians, Manicurists and Estheticians|Section 5-10-10 - Application form - Fee - Expiration and renewal of licenses - Fees.

§ 5-10-10. Application form — Fee — Expiration and renewal of licenses — Fees.(a) Applications for licenses under § 5-10-9 shall be made upon any forms that are prescribed by the division and are accompanied by an application fee established in regulation. The license of every person licensed under §§ 5-10-8 and 5-10-9 shall expire on the thirtieth (30th) day of October of every other year following the date of license. This is determined on an odd-even basis. On or before the first day of September of every year, the administrator of professional regulation shall mail an application for renewal of license to persons scheduled to be licensed that year on an odd or even basis as to the license number. Every person who wishes to renew his or her license must file with the administrator of professional regulation a renewal application duly executed together with the renewal fee as set forth in § 23-1-54. Applications, accompanied by the fee for renewal, shall be filed with the division on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of October in each renewal year. Upon receipt of the application and fee, the administrator of professional regulation shall grant a renewal license effective October 1 and expiring two (2) years later on September 30.(b) Every person who fails to renew his or her license on or before September 30 following the date of issuance as provided in subsection (a) of this section may be reinstated by the division upon payment of the current renewal fee as set forth in § 23-1-54.(c) The license shall be on the person at all times while performing the services for which they are licensed.History of Section.P.L. 1926, ch. 765, § 3; P.L. 1927, ch. 1026, § 1; P.L. 1936, ch. 2362, § 3; P.L. 1938, ch. 2585, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 263, § 3; P.L. 1942, ch. 1229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-10-10; P.L. 1960, ch. 76, § 5; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 53, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 378, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 390, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 289, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 14, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 39, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-10-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-10 - Barbers, Hairdressers, Cosmeticians, Manicurists and Estheticians|Section 5-10-11 - Persons licensed in other states.

§ 5-10-11. Persons licensed in other states.(a) Any person licensed to practice barbering, hairdressing, and cosmetic therapy and/or manicuring or esthetics in another state where the requirements are the equivalent of those of this state is entitled to a license as a barber, hairdresser, and cosmetician and/or manicurist or esthetician operator upon the acceptance of his or her credentials by the division; provided, that the state in which that person is licensed extends a similar privilege to licensed barbers, hairdressers, and cosmetic therapists and/or manicurists or estheticians of this state. If a person applies for a hairdressing license who was licensed in another state where the requirements are not equivalent to those of this state, the division shall give to that person one hundred (100) hours instructional credit for three (3) months that the person was licensed and in actual practice, up to a limit of five hundred (500) hours, in order for that person to meet the requirements for a hairdressing license in this state as established under the provisions of §§ 5-10-8 and 5-10-9.(b) If a person applies for a manicurist or esthetician license and is currently licensed in another state, that person may be granted a license if he or she passes the written and practical examinations conducted by the division.(c) The fee for the application is as set forth in § 23-1-54; provided, that the provisions of this chapter shall not be construed as preventing persons who have been licensed by examination under the laws of other states of the United States or territories and the District of Columbia from practicing barbering, hairdressing, and cosmetic therapy and/or manicuring or esthetics in this state for a period of three (3) months; provided, that they apply for and are licensed in this state within three (3) months from the commencement of their employment. Nor shall it be construed as prohibiting persons who have been licensed under the laws of another country or territory from practicing barbering, hairdressing, and cosmetic therapy and/or manicuring or esthetics in this state; provided, that practice is in conformity with the rules and regulations of the division; and provided, that in no case shall that practice cover a period of more than three (3) months from the commencement of that employment.History of Section.P.L. 1926, ch. 765, § 5; P.L. 1938, ch. 2585, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 263, §§ 3, 5; P.L. 1942, ch. 1229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-10-11; P.L. 1968, ch. 45, § 1; P.L. 1971, ch. 214, § 1; P.L. 1974, ch. 246, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 53, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 378, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 314, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 289, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 145, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 39, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 1.