Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 515 - Commission for Human Rights › Chapter 10 - Operation › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 2 - Procedure › Section 515-RICR-10-00-2.2 - Method of Operations

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Function. In
				 addition to such other duties as may from time to time be delegated to it by
				 law, it is the function of the Commission pursuant to the law to enforce R.I.
				 Gen. Laws Chapters 28-5, 28-5.1, 34-37, 11-24, 40-9.1, 42-87, and R.I. Gen.
				 Laws §§
										23-6.3-11 and
				  23-6.3-12,
				 which prohibit discrimination:
1. because of
				 race, color, religion, country of ancestral origin, disability, sex, sexual
				 orientation, gender identity or expression, or age (at least forty (40) years
				 of age) in the area of employment;
2. because of race, color, association,
				 religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital
				 status, familial status, country of ancestral origin, status as a victim of
				 domestic abuse, housing status, military status, disability or age (over
				 eighteen years) in the area of housing;
3. because of race, color, religion, sex,
				 sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial
				 status, country of ancestral origin, military status, disability or age (over
				 eighteen years) in the area of credit;
4. because of race, color, religion, country
				 of ancestral origin, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or
				 expression, or age (over eighteen (18) years) in the area of public
				 accommodations;
5. because of
				 disability with respect to any entity doing business in the state, exclusion
				 from participation in or denial of benefits of any program, activity or service
				 of, or by any person or entity regulated by the state, or having received
				 financial assistance from the state (except for complaints concerning the
				 physical inaccessibility of buildings and structures);
6. because of a positive HIV test result, or
				 perception of same, in the areas of housing, employment, credit, public
				 accommodations, education or delivery of services;
7. because of the presence of a personal
				 assistance animal accompanying a person with disabilities or accompanying a
				 trainer or puppy raiser of a personal assistance animal in the areas of
				 housing, public accommodations, and education;
8. because of the presence or desired
				 presence of a personal assistive animal or emotional support animal for a
				 person with disabilities, in the area of housing;
9. because of making a charge of
				 discrimination, testifying or assisting in any manner in any investigation,
				 proceeding, or hearing under the antidiscrimination laws enforced by the
				 Commission, or otherwise opposing practices prohibited by the laws governing
				 the Commission;
10. in the form of
				 a direct or indirect inquiry as to whether an applicant or employee has been
				 arrested or charged with any crime, absent the exceptions enumerated in the
				 Fair Employment Practices Act.
11.
				 in the form of a direct or indirect inquiry, prior to the first interview, as
				 to whether an applicant has been convicted of a crime, absent the exceptions
				 covered in the Fair Employment Practices Act.