Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

No license shall be suspended or revoked except after a hearing before the department of business regulation or a hearing officer appointed by the department. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of title 42. The order to…

Any licensee or applicant for license or other person in interest being aggrieved by the final order or decision of the department of business regulation has the right to appeal, pursuant to the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of title 42.

The purchase of used vehicle parts shall be from entities licensed pursuant to chapter 21 of this title or similar provision by another state. Every licensee shall maintain up-to-date records in the form prescribed by the department of business regulation: (1) With reference to e…

(a) Any person, firm, or corporation required to be licensed under this chapter who conducts an automobile body repair shop business without obtaining a license, or who after the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license conducts that business, is guilty of a misdemeanor and…

(a) The department of business regulation shall issue licenses as provided for in § 5-38-6; and shall authorize the transfer of licenses and the establishment of new offices for previously licensed auto body repair shops. In addition to licensing, the department’s oversight of au…

This chapter does not prohibit the registered owner of any motor vehicle, or any person related by blood or marriage to that registered owner, from performing any type of work usually performed in an auto body shop, upon the vehicle that is registered in his or her own name; prov…

The provisions of this chapter are severable; and if any of the provisions are held to be invalid, the decision of the court respecting that provision or provisions shall not affect the validity of any other provision that can be given effect without that invalid provision.

The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum that it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of this sum or so much of this sum a…

Any automobile body repair shop licensed under this title has the right to issue special use identification tags in accordance with the provision of § 31-3-40.

All licenses shall be issued for the twelve-month (12) period commencing on January 1 of each year, and the fee thereafter shall be at the full annual rate specified in § 5-38-8, regardless of the date of application or issuance of that license.

(a) For the purpose of inspecting repaired vehicles, a lienholder or lienholders shall be allowed forty-eight (48) hours or two (2) working days after notification by the body shop to inspect the vehicle at the body shop. The agent for the lienholder or lienholders inspecting the…

The director of the department of business regulation shall promulgate rules and regulations to establish reasonable, maximum storage fees that may be charged by licensees under this chapter.

The automobile body repair shop shall include in the documentation of each repair, a repair bill executed by the automobile body repair shop and certifying under the penalties of perjury, the repairs to a particular vehicle that have actually been made.

Each repair bill shall contain an itemized listing of the manufactured parts, used parts, and generic parts installed by the licensee in the repair of the vehicle.

A sign in boldfaced type letters at least two (2) inches high, must be displayed in a conspicuous location in every licensed auto body repair facility reading as follows: “PURSUANT TO RHODE ISLAND LAW, THE CONSUMER HAS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE THE REPAIR FACILITY TO COMPLETE REPAIRS T…

The director of the department of business regulation may assess an automobile body shop for reimbursement of the department’s actual expenses for the investigation and hearing of significant auto body shop matters. An assessment may be sought in the event that an automobile body…

(a) An annual license shall be issued to businesses, corporations, and persons meeting the qualifications set by the auto collision repair licensing advisory board and paying the required fees. Qualification shall be set by the auto collision repair licensing advisory board and a…

The auto collision repair licensing advisory board shall, with the director’s approval: (1) Establish any rules, regulations, and procedures that it deems appropriate, and all those rules, regulations, and procedures constitute a public record. (2) Establish standards for sanitar…

Application for license shall be made in duplicate to the department of business regulation in any form that the department requires and shall be accompanied by the required fee and evidence of financial responsibility. The department may require, in that application, information…

(a) The department shall promulgate rules and regulations mandating the term of each license issued pursuant to this chapter; however, no license shall remain in force for a period in excess of three (3) years. (b) Any fee for the initial issuance or renewal of a license issued p…

Effective December 31, 2009, the license fee for each year shall be three hundred dollars ($300). If an applicant desires to do business in more than one location, he, she, or it shall pay a separate fee of three hundred dollars ($300) for each location authorized by the departme…

The license of automobile body repair shops shall specify the name of the holder of that business and the location at which that business is conducted, and must be conspicuously displayed at that location. The license number shall appear on all business communications, estimates,…