Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

(a) A land surveyor, duly licensed to practice in Rhode Island under this chapter, who voluntarily and without compensation provides land-surveying services at the scene of a disaster emergency, shall not be liable for any personal injury, wrongful death, property damage, or othe…

(a) A professional land surveyor, issued a current and valid certificate of registration in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, when performing surveying services at the request of a landowner or person with an interest in real estate, may, without the consent of the …

(a) The duty of the board of land surveyors is to administer the provisions of this chapter in regards to the regulation of professional land surveying and the registration of professional land surveyors. (b)(1) Subject to the director’s approval, the board of land surveyors may …

Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, any person who was registered as a professional land surveyor in the state of Rhode Island before July 1, 1975, will be exempt from any continuing education requirements as may be established by the board of land surve…

(a) The board of land surveyors shall consist of five (5) professional land surveyors, only one of whom may also be a professional engineer and all of whom shall be registered in the state. Each member of the board must be a qualified elector of this state for three (3) years pri…

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

(a) The board of land surveyors shall hold at least three (3) regular meetings each year. A meeting of the board shall be held once each year, at which time the board shall elect from its membership a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and a secretary, who shall serve one year or unt…

(a) The board of land surveyors shall keep a record of its proceedings and of all applications for registration, which applications shall show: (1) Name, date of birth, and last known address of each applicant; (2) Date of the application; (3) The last known place of business of …

(a)(1) Application for registration as a professional land surveyor or certification as a surveyor-in-training shall be made, in writing, on a form prescribed and furnished by the board of registration for professional land surveyors. The application shall: (i) Contain statements…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Truth in Music Advertising Act.”

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this chapter unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) “Performing group” means a vocal or instrumental group seeking to use the name of another group that has previously …

It shall be unlawful for any person to advertise or conduct a live musical performance or production in this state through the use of a false, deceptive, or misleading affiliation, connection, or association between a performing group and a recording group. This section does not …

Whenever the attorney general has a reason to believe that any person is advertising or conducting or is about to advertise or conduct a live musical performance or production in violation of § 5-81-3 and that proceedings would be in the public interest, the attorney general may …

Whenever any court issues a permanent injunction to restrain and prevent violations of this chapter as authorized in § 5-81-4, the court may in its discretion direct that the defendant restore to any person in interest any moneys or property real or personal that may have been ac…

Any person who violates the provisions of § 5-81-3 is liable to the state for a civil penalty of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per violation, which civil penalty shall be in addition to any other relief which may be …

(a) A contract for the retail sale of home heating oil that offers a guaranteed-price plan, including a ceiling-price-cap-plan contract and any other similar plan, must be disclosed in a way to clearly define the terms and conditions of the price plan. The disclosure of terms and…

(a) A contract for the retail sale of propane gas that offers a guaranteed price plan, including a ceiling price cap plan contract and any other similar plan, must be disclosed in a way to clearly define the terms and conditions of the price plan. The disclosure of terms and cond…

(a) As used in this chapter, “consumer” or “residential consumer” means a direct purchaser of propane for consumption and not for resale as the primary source of fuel for residential heating and/or domestic hot water to one or more dwelling units within a structure having not mor…

(a) If a propane gas dealer, in its sole discretion, agrees to finance a consumer’s purchase of a propane storage container, the financing shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 27 of title 6, entitled “Truth in Lending and Retail Selling.” (b) Propane storage containers m…

The firm name and emergency telephone number of a gas dealer that delivers propane to a stationary DOT cylinder and/or an ASME tank with an aggregate capacity of less than four thousand gallons (4,000 gals.) water storage capacity shall be affixed and legibly maintained in a visi…

(a) When a business relationship is terminated between a residential consumer and a gas dealer that has leased or loaned a propane storage container to the consumer, the propane gas dealer shall: (1) At the consumer’s request, remove the propane gas storage container that it owns…

Any person or entity who sells propane gas to be used for residential use that knowingly violates this chapter may be fined in an amount not more than five hundred dollars ($500).

(a) Propane supplied to portable containers shall be measured and billed by weight, before and after filling, as shown on a national type evaluation program scale. (b) Propane supplied to portable containers that cannot be weighed shall be measured by a national type evaluation p…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “The Division of Building, Design and Fire Professionals Act.”

As used in this chapter: (1) “Department” means the department of business regulation. (2) “Director” means the director, or his or her designee, of the department of business regulation.

There has been created within the department of business regulation, a division known as the division of building, design and fire professionals.

The division consists of the membership of the office of the state fire marshal, the fire safety code board of appeal and review, and the state building office.

(a) There shall be the state building office within the department of business regulation’s division of building, design and fire professionals which shall consist of: the office of the state building commissioner, the board of registration for professional engineers, the board o…

The department of business regulation shall provide suitable and adequate space for the division.

(a) In addition to any other provision of law, if a person or business practices or offers to practice architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture in the state without being registered or authorized to practice as required by law, the boards within the di…

If the director has reason to believe that any person, firm, corporation, or association is conducting any activity under the jurisdiction of the division of building, design and fire professionals including professional engineering, professional land surveying, architecture, or …

All applications to the division of building, design and fire professionals for certificates of authorization shall be submitted electronically through the department’s electronic-licensing system, unless special permission to apply in paper format is requested by the applicant a…

(a) “Discount buying club” means any person, firm, or corporation, who or that, in exchange for valuable consideration, offers to sell or to arrange the sale of goods or services to its customers at prices represented to be lower than are generally available. (b) “Discount buying…

(a) Every contract between a discount buying club and its customers shall be in writing, completely filled out, dated, and signed by all contracting parties. A copy of the completed contract shall be given to the buyer at the time he or she signs it. The contract shall, in clear,…

Each contract for a discount buying club membership shall provide that the contract may be cancelled at anytime up until midnight of the third (3rd) business day after the date of receipt by the buyer of a copy of the written contract, by written notice, delivered by certified or…

Discount buying clubs shall not: (1) Discourage or refuse to allow a potential customer to inspect any of their current merchandise catalogs and price lists during the formal prescheduled information session at their place of business. (2) Refuse to refund or exchange a good that…

A violation of any of the provisions in this chapter shall constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice as defined in chapters 13 and 13.1 of title 6.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “Licensing of Applied Behavior Analysts.”

A license under this chapter may be issued to any applicant who meets the requirements for licensure as approved by the department of health and licensed as a licensed applied behavior analyst, licensed assistant applied behavior analyst, or psychologist with equivalent experienc…

The applicant applying for licensure as an applied behavior analyst, applied behavior assistant analyst, or psychologist with equivalent experience shall pay a fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) to the department.

The board shall ensure through regulations and enforcement that licensees limit their practice to demonstrated areas of competence as documented by relevant professional education, training, and experience.

(a) The license of every person licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall expire on the first (1st) day of July of the next even-numbered year following the issuance of his or her license. (b) On or before the first day of May of each even-numbered year, the department …

(a) A licensed applied behavior analyst, licensed applied behavior assistant analyst, or the equivalent who does not intend to continue his or her licensure, upon written request to the department may have his or her name transferred to an inactive list, and shall not be required…

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

The board has the power to deny, revoke, or suspend any license issued by the department in accordance with this chapter, or to discipline a licensee upon proof that the person: (1) Is guilty of fraud or deceit in procuring, or attempting to procure, a license or temporary licens…

(a) When a sworn complaint is filed with the board charging a person with being guilty of any of the actions specified in § 5-86-16, the department shall immediately investigate those charges, or, the board, after investigation, may institute charges. The department may coordinat…