Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

(a)(1) There is created in the division of professional regulation, in the department of labor and training, a state board of examiners of electricians that at all times consists of seven (7) qualified electors of the state as follows: (i) A member of an electrical inspection dep…

(a) The members of the board of examiners of electricians shall choose a chairperson and secretary to hold office until their successors are appointed. Vacancies arising in the office of chairperson or secretary between regular appointments shall be cared for in a like manner. (b…

The division of professional regulation, with the assistance of the state board of examiners of electricians, may make necessary rules for the proper performance of their duties. The division shall hold examinations in Providence twice in each year and at other convenient places …

Fourteen (14) forms of licenses shall be issued: (1) The first, subsequently referred to as Certificate A, is known as an “electrical contractor’s license”; (2) The second, subsequently referred to as Certificate B, is known as a “journeyperson electrician’s license”; (3) The thi…

(a) Electrical contractor’s license. A Certificate A shall be issued to any person, firm, or corporation, qualified under this chapter, engaging in, or about to engage in, the business of installing, maintaining, servicing, and testing electrical wires, conduits, apparatus, which…

A Certificate B shall be granted to any person who has passed an examination before the division of professional regulation. The certificate shall specify the name of the person who is authorized to engage in the occupation of a journeyperson electrician.

The board of police commissioners or other similar authority of any city or town, and in any city or town where there is no board of police commissioners or similar authority, the city council or the town council, may: (1) License suitable persons as keepers of intelligence or em…

Whoever without a license to do so establishes or keeps an intelligence or employment office for any of the purposes specified in this chapter, upon conviction, shall be fined ten dollars ($10.00) for each day the office is kept; and any person violating any of those rules or reg…

It is unlawful for anyone to establish or keep an intelligence or employment office pursuant to this chapter without giving a bond to the department of administration’s division of taxation in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) with surety for payroll and other taxes.…

In order to safeguard life, health, and property, and to promote the public welfare, the practice of engineering in this state is declared to be subject to regulation in the public interest. It is unlawful for any person to practice, or to offer to practice, engineering in this s…

A complete roster showing the names of all registered engineers is available on the Department’s website or through an Access to Public Records Request.

(a) Professional engineer. The following shall be considered minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is qualified for registration as a professional engineer: (1) Eligibility. To be eligible for registration as a professional engineer, an applicant shall mee…

(a) Application for registration as a professional engineer or certification as an engineer-in-training shall: (1) Be on a form prescribed and furnished by the board; (2) Establish compliance with the licensing requirements pursuant to § 5-8-11; and (3) Contain references as pres…

(a) Examinations shall be held at the times and places that the board determines. Examinations required on fundamental engineering subjects may be taken as provided in § 5-8-11. The principles and practice examinations may not be taken until the applicant has completed a period o…

(a) With the assistance of the department, the board shall issue and renew a certificate of registration, upon payment of the registration fee as provided for in this chapter, to any applicant, who, in the opinion of the board, has met the requirements of this chapter. Enrollment…

(a) Certificates of registration shall expire on the last day of the month of June following their issuance and become invalid after that date unless renewed. It is the duty of the board to notify every person registered under this chapter of the date of the expiration of his or …

This state and its political subdivisions, such as county, city, town, township, borough, or legally constituted boards, districts, commissions, or authorities, shall not engage in the construction of public works involving the practice of engineering unless the engineering drawi…

(a) After notice and a hearing as provided in this section, the director may in his or her discretion or upon recommendation of the board: (1) Suspend, revoke, or take other permitted action with respect to any certificate of registration; (2) Revoke, suspend, or take other permi…

Any person, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited-liability partnership, corporation, or limited-liability company aggrieved by any decision or ruling of the department may appeal from it in accordance with the provisions of chapter 35 of title 42.

As used or within the intent of this chapter: (a) “Accredited program” means specific engineering curricula within established institutions of higher learning that have both met the criteria of, and have been designated by, the following commissions of the Accreditation Board for…

(a) No individual shall: (1) Practice or offer to practice engineering in this state; (2) Use any title, sign, card, or device implying that the individual is an engineer or is competent to practice engineering in this state; (3) Use in connection with his or her name or otherwis…

This chapter shall not be construed to prevent or to affect: (1) Temporary certificates of registration. (i) Nonresidents. The practice or offer to practice of engineering by a person not a resident of or having no established place of business in this state, when that practice d…

If any of the provisions of this chapter or if any rule, regulation, or order under this chapter or the application of that provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter and the application of that provision of this chapter or of that rule…

The proceeds of any fees collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited as general revenues.

(a) The practice or offer to practice engineering as defined by this chapter by a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited-liability partnership, corporation, or limited-liability company, subsequently referred to as the “firm,” through individuals is permitted; provided, that t…

(a) An engineer or engineering firm, duly licensed to practice in Rhode Island under this chapter, who or that voluntarily and without compensation provides engineering services at the scene of a disaster emergency shall not be liable for any personal injury, wrongful death, prop…

(a) The duty of the board of engineers is to administer those provisions of this chapter that relate to the regulation of professional engineering and the registration of professional engineers. (b) Subject to the approval of the director, the board of engineers shall establish a…

The board of engineers shall consist of five (5) persons. All five (5) persons must be professional engineers registered in Rhode Island, one of whom may also be a professional land surveyor registered in the state. Each member of the board must be a qualified elector of this sta…

The chairperson and each other member shall not be compensated for their service on the board but shall be reimbursed for all traveling, incidental, and clerical expenses necessarily incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

The governor may remove any member of the board for misconduct, incompetency, neglect of duty, or for any sufficient cause, in the manner prescribed by law for removal of state officials. Vacancies in the membership of the board shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointme…

The board shall hold at least six (6) regular meetings each year. Special meetings may be held as the bylaws of the board provide. The board shall elect or appoint annually the following officers: a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and a secretary. A quorum of the board shall con…

(a)(1) Subject to the approval of the director, the board has the power to adopt and amend all bylaws and rules of procedure, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state or this chapter, which may be reasonably necessary for the proper performance of its duties.…

(a) The board shall keep a record of its proceedings and of all applications for registration, which the record shall show: (1) The name, age, and last known address of each applicant; (2) The date of application; (3) The place of business of the applicant; (4) His or her educati…

The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, are construed as follows: (1) “Apprentice barber” means an employee whose principal occupation is service with a barber who has held a current license as a barber for at least three (3) years with a view to learning the …

(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) …

(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 …

(a) No shop, place of business, or establishment shall be opened or conducted within the state by any person, association, partnership, corporation, or otherwise for the practice of barbering, manicuring and/or hairdressing and cosmetic therapy or esthetics until the time that ap…

The division shall prepare and furnish any forms to be used by applicants for the various licenses, permits, registrations, and certificates provided for in this chapter, that it deems proper and expedient.

(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) …

No license issued under any of the provisions of this chapter shall be construed to authorize, as a part of the practice of hairdressing and cosmetic therapy, the practice of “electrolysis,” which, for the purpose of this chapter, is defined as the insertion of an electrically he…

No person or establishment licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall advertise by written or spoken words of a character tending to deceive or mislead the public.

(a) Except as provided in this section, manicuring, esthetics, barbering and/or hairdressing and cosmetic therapy, as defined in this chapter, shall be practiced only in a shop licensed under § 5-10-15. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the practice…

Any person employed, authorized, and empowered by the division of professional regulation may enter any shop, place of business, or establishment licensed under the provisions of this chapter during the hours the shop, place of business, establishment, or school of barbering, man…

Any license, permit, certificate of approval, or registration issued by the division under this chapter, or any section of this chapter, may be revoked or suspended by the division for violation of any provision of this chapter, failure to comply with any rules and regulations, n…

A license, permit, certificate of approval, or registration suspended or revoked pursuant to § 5-10-26 may, in the discretion of the division, be reinstated or reissued under any terms and conditions, not contrary to law, that the division requires.

Any person aggrieved by any decision or ruling of the division may appeal it to the administrator of the division or his or her designee. A further appeal may then be made to the appropriate board of examiners. Any person aggrieved by any decision or ruling of the board may appea…