Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 230 - Department of Business Regulation › Chapter 30 - Commercial Licensing › Subchapter 05 - Auto Body › Part 3 - Motor Vehicle Glass Repair (230-RICR-30-05-3) › Section 230-RICR-30-05-3.3 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Terms defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
										5-38.5-3 are incorporated herein by
				  reference unless modified herein.
B. For the purposes of these regulations,
				  except as provided below, the following terms shall have the following
				  meanings:
1. "Act" means R.I. Gen. Laws
				  §
											5-38.5-1 et seq., as
				  amended.
2. "Aftermarket part," as
				  defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											27-10.2-1, means a motor vehicle
				  body replacement part, including a motor vehicle glass replacement part, that
				  is not an original equipment manufacturer part.
3. "Agent" means an individual or group of
				  individuals authorized by another to act on his, her or its behalf.
4. "Applicant" means a Person filing an
				  application for a License.
5.
				  "Department" means the Department of Business Regulation.
6. "Director" means the Director of the
				  Department of Business Regulation.
7. "Licensee" means a Person holding a
				  License.
8. "License" means a Motor
				  Vehicle Glass Repair License issued by the Department to a Person engaged in
				  the business of Motor Vehicle Glass Repair. However, automobile body repair
				  shops that are licensed by the Department, pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-38-1 et seq., are not required to
				  have a Motor Vehicle Glass Repair License to conduct motor vehicle glass repair
				  or replacement.
9. "Location," as
				  defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-38.5-8, means any physical place
				  of business at which a licensed motor vehicle glass repair shop has indoor
				  facilities suitable to perform motor vehicle glass repair and replacement
				  services, and shall not apply to locations where a licensed motor vehicle glass
				  repair shop provides services on a mobile basis.
10. "Mobile service van" means any vehicle
				  used by a motor vehicle glass repair shop.
11. "Motor vehicle" means any automobile,
				  truck or other self-propelled vehicle of any type.
12. "Motor vehicle glass repair" means the
				  business or act of repairing or replacing damaged or undamaged glass in motor
				  vehicles for compensation.
13.
				  "Motor vehicle glass repair shop" means a person or entity that, for
				  compensation, or with the intention or expectation of receiving the same,
				  repairs or replaces, or undertakes to repair or replace, motor vehicle glass,
				  whether at a physical place of business or through a mobile-only
				  service.
14. "Original equipment
				  manufacturer part" or "OEM part," as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											27-10.2-1, means a motor vehicle
				  body replacement part manufactured by the manufacturer of the motor vehicle
				  being repaired.
15. "Person" means
				  any individual, association, partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability
				  company, sole proprietorship, public or private association or any other legal
				  entity, however formed, including the officers, directors and employees of any
				  such entity.
16. "Repair bill," as
				  defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-38.5-13, means the record that a
				  Licensee must maintain for each motor vehicle upon which motor vehicle glass
				  repair services were performed, not the information required to be produced to
				  the consumer.
17. "Technician"
				  means any individual employed (including owners, partners, independent
				  contractors, and all other individuals whether paid or unpaid) by a motor
				  vehicle glass repair shop who performs repairs or replaces motor vehicle glass.
18. "AGSC" means the "Auto Glass
				  Safety Council."
19. "AGRSS" means
				  the "Auto Glass Replacement Safety Standard," which is developed by AGSC and
				  approved by ANSI.
20. "ANSI" means
				  the "American National Standards Institute."
21. "NWRA" means the "National Windshield
				  Repair Association."
22. "ROLAGS"
				  means the "Repair of Laminated Automotive Glass Standard," which is developed
				  by NWRA and approved by ANSI.