Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 230 - Department of Business Regulation › Chapter 30 - Commercial Licensing › Subchapter 05 - Auto Body › Part 2 - Motor Vehicle Body and Salvage Vehicle Repair › Section 230-RICR-30-05-2.3 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. When used in this Regulation, the
				  following words, except as otherwise required by the context, shall have the
				  following meaning:
1. "Acts" means R.I. Gen.
				  Laws §
											5-38-1
et seq
., as
				  amended, and §
											31-46-1
et seq
., as amended.
2. "Applicant" means a Person filing an
				  application for a License under this Regulation.
3. "Automobile body shop" is as defined in
				  R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-38-1, and includes any
				  establishment, garage, or work area enclosed within a building where repairs
				  are made or caused to be made to motor vehicle bodies, including fenders,
				  bumpers, chassis and similar components of motor vehicle bodies as
				  distinguished from the seats, motor, transmission, and other accessories for
				  propulsion and general running gear of motor vehicles, except as provided in
				  R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-38-20.
4. "Automobile manufacturer" means any
				  person, partnership, corporation, association, or other form of business
				  enterprise engaged in manufacturing or assembling of passenger cars, trucks, or
				  station wagons, including any person, partnership or corporation which acts for
				  or is under the control of such manufacturer or assembler in connection with
				  the distribution of said motor vehicles.
5. "Business of salvage vehicle repairing" or
				  "Salvage vehicle repairing" means the act or acts of preparing, fixing,
				  restoring, or putting together Salvage Vehicles for the owner of the vehicle,
				  or for the purpose of resale in the retail market.
6. "Certificate of salvage repair" means a
				  certificate executed by a Licensee which shall certify that the Licensee has
				  rebuilt the Salvage Vehicle in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws §
											31-46-1
et seq
.
				  and this Regulation and which must accompany the vehicle to the inspection
				  station and registry at the Division of Motor Vehicles ("DMV").
7. "Certification organization" means an
				  organization that certifies individuals in motor vehicle body repair work. Such
				  organizations shall include, but are not limited to, Automotive Service
				  Excellence ("ASE"), Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair
				  ("ICAR"), New England Technical Institute, Rhode Island auto body repair
				  associations, and other certified or accredited public or private educational
				  institutions.
8. "Consumer" means
				  the person or entity whose vehicle is being or has been repaired.
9. "Department" means the Department of
				  Business Regulation.
10. "Director"
				  means the Director of the Department or his or her designee.
11. "Licensee" means a Person holding a
				  License pursuant to this Regulation.
12. "Motor vehicle" means any automobile,
				  truck or other self-propelled vehicle of any type.
13. "Motor vehicle body" means that portion
				  of the Motor Vehicle mounted on the chassis or frame or unibody, including
				  fenders, bumpers, chassis, windshields, glass and similar components of motor
				  vehicle bodies as distinguished from the seats, motor, transmission, air
				  conditioning condenser, radiator and other accessories for propulsion and
				  general running gear of motor vehicles.
14. "Motor vehicle body license" means any
				  type of License from the Department issued to a Person engaged in the business
				  of Motor Vehicle Body Work.
15.
				  "Motor vehicle body work" or "Business of motor vehicle body work" means the
				  act or acts of preparing, fixing, restoring, painting or putting together a
				  Motor Vehicle Body, including repairing, replacing or installing of glass
				  thereon, or the subcontracting of said work.
16. "Paintless dent repair" or "PDR" means
				  any motor vehicle body work that removes minor dents from the non-structural
				  steel/aluminum panels of a motor vehicle without sanding, priming or
				  painting.
17. "Person" means any
				  individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, sole
				  proprietorship, or any other legal entity, however formed.
18. "Salvage vehicle" means a Motor Vehicle
				  declared to be a total loss because of:
a.
				  Damage to such Motor Vehicle; or
b.
				  Settlement of a claim for damage or theft, whether or not it is an owner
				  retained Motor Vehicle.
19. "Salvage vehicle repair license" means an
				  additional license issued to a Full Collison Licensee that authorizes that
				  Licensee to also conduct the Business of Salvage Vehicle Repairing.
20. "Shop employee" means any individual
				  employed (including owners, partners and all other individuals whether paid or
				  unpaid) by an Automobile Body Shop who does not perform repairs of frame,
				  structural systems, mechanical systems or the safety related systems of a Motor
				  Vehicle.
21. "Technician" means any
				  individual employed (including owners, partners and all other individuals
				  whether paid or unpaid) by an Automobile Body Shop who performs repairs of
				  frame, structural systems, mechanical systems or the safety related systems of
				  a Motor Vehicle.
22. "Testing
				  equipment" means the tools or equipment necessary to elevate, disassemble,
				  measure or test drive a vehicle for purposes of reinspection.