Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

“Massage therapy” means the use of massage by a massage therapist licensed under this chapter for therapeutic purposes, including, but not limited to, pain management, stress reduction, promotion of relaxation, and enhancement of general health and well-being. Massage therapy inc…

Nothing contained in this chapter shall prohibit: (1) A person who is otherwise licensed, certified, or registered in accordance with the general laws of Rhode Island, from performing services within their authorized scope of practice and who does not hold themself out to be a ma…

(a) A person shall not practice, or hold themself out to others as practicing massage therapy, or as a massage therapist, without first receiving from the board a license to engage in that practice. (b) A person shall hold themself out to others as a massage therapist when the pe…

(a) Within the division of professional regulation of the department of health, there shall be a Rhode Island state board of licensed massage therapists appointed by the director of the department of health (the “director”) with the approval of the governor. Composition of board …

Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the board shall have the authority to implement, interpret, and enforce this statute including, but not limited to, the authority to: (1) Adopt rules and regulations governing the licensure of massage therapists in a manner consistent wi…

(a) Every person desiring to begin the practice of massage therapy, except persons with special provisions as provided in this chapter, shall present satisfactory evidence to the division of professional regulation of the department that the person: (1) Is over eighteen (18) year…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact.”

(a) The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, and utilization of a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and investigative information on all licensed individuals in member states. (b) A member state shall submit a un…

(a) The commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this section and the rules adopted thereunder. Rules and amendments shall become binding as of the date specified in each rule or amendment. (b) The commission shall promulgate reasonabl…

(a) Oversight. (1) The executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the compact’s purposes and intent. The provisions of this compact and the rules pr…

(a) The compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the tenth member state. The provisions, which become effective at that time, shall be limited to the powers granted to the commission relating to assembly and the promulgation o…

This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any member state or of the Uni…

(a) A licensee providing occupational therapy in a remote state under the compact privilege shall function within the laws and regulations of the remote state. (b) Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the compact…

The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of occupational therapy with the goal of improving public access to occupational therapy services. The practice of occupational therapy occurs in the state where the patient/client is located at the time of the pati…

As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings unless the context shall clearly indicate another or different meaning or intent: (1) “Active duty military” means full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, …

(a) To participate in the compact, a member state shall: (1) License occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants; (2) Participate fully in the commission’s data system including, but not limited to, using the commission’s unique identifier as defined in rules of t…

(a) To exercise the compact privilege under the terms and provisions of the compact, the licensee shall: (1) Hold a license in the home state; (2) Have a valid United States social security number or national practitioner identification number; (3) Have no encumbrance on any stat…

(a) An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant may hold a home state license, which allows for compact privileges in member states, in only one-member state at a time. (b) If an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant changes primary state of res…

Active duty military personnel, or their spouses, shall designate a home state where the individual has a current license in good standing. The individual may retain the home state designation during the period the service member is on active duty. Subsequent to designating a hom…

(a) A home state shall have exclusive power to impose adverse action against an occupational therapist’s or occupational therapy assistant’s license issued by the home state. (b) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state shall have the authority, in a…

(a) The compact member states hereby create and establish a joint public agency known as the occupational therapy compact commission: (1) The commission is an instrumentality of the compact states. (2) Venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or against the commission shall be…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “State Mobile Food Establishment Registration Act.”

(a) Mobile food establishments shall comply with RIDOH’s statutes, rules, regulations, and policies relating to food safety. (b) Mobile food establishments shall comply with the fire safety code, if applicable.

(a) Upon receipt of a written complaint, the request of RIDOH, or the state fire marshal, or upon its own initiative, the department may place on probation, suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew a state mobile food establishment registration or may levy an administrative p…

(a) If the department has reason to believe that any person, firm, corporation, or association is conducting any activities requiring registration in this chapter without obtaining a registration, or who after the denial, suspension, or revocation of a registration conducts any a…

If a registrant is a firm or corporation, it is sufficient cause for the suspension or revocation of a registration that any officer, director, manager, or trustee of the firm or entity or any member or partner, in the case of a partnership, has been found by the department to ha…

The department is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of this chapter and the registration of mobile food establishments in the state.

The intent of this chapter is to standardize the registration process for mobile food establishments in the state by authorizing the department of business regulation to issue state mobile food establishment registrations. Furthermore, this chapter explicitly exempts the selling …

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Department” means the department of business regulation. (2) “Director” means the director of the department of business regulation. (3) “Event permit” means a permit that a city or town issues t…

Beginning on July 1, 2019, it shall be unlawful for any person or entity to operate a mobile food establishment in this state without first receiving a registration from the department and any applicable municipal permit(s) in accordance with this chapter.

(a) An application for a state mobile food establishment registration shall be made to the department on forms adopted by the department and accompanied by the required fee of fifty dollars ($50.00). (b) The application shall, at a minimum, include the following information: (1) …

(a) A registration issued by the department pursuant to this chapter shall be valid for one year from the date on which it was issued or for another period of time as determined by the department. (b) Every mobile food establishment operator who or that desires to renew a registr…

(a) To operate in any city or town, a mobile food establishment operator shall provide proof of having a state mobile food establishment registration to the city or town that the mobile food establishment wishes to operate in. (b) If a mobile food establishment presents this regi…

All cities and towns shall comply with the provisions of this chapter by July 1, 2019.

(a) State mobile food establishment registrations must be affixed to the mobile food establishment in a conspicuous place. (b) When the mobile food establishment is doing business in a city or town that issues permits, the permit must also be affixed to the mobile food establishm…

As used in this chapter: (1) “Department” means the department of business regulation. (2) “Hotel” shall mean any establishment defined in § 5-14-3. (3) “Human trafficking” means the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act as defined in…

(a) Every operator of a hotel shall post in a location conspicuous to employees human trafficking awareness signage, printed in an easily legible font in English and any other language spoken by at least ten percent (10%) of the employees. (b) The notice shall provide information…

(a) Every employee of a hotel and every operator of a short-term rental property in this state shall be required to receive human trafficking awareness training within one hundred eighty (180) days of employment or the first listing of a short-term rental property on a hosting pl…

Any person who operates a hotel or short-term rental property shall maintain records of employee or operator training. Such records shall be kept on file by the operator of the hotel or short-term rental property for the period during which the employee is employed by the establi…

The legislature finds that the practice of pharmacy is a learned profession. The sole legislative purpose for enacting this chapter is to ensure that every pharmacy and pharmacist practicing in the state meet minimum standards for safe practice. Pharmacists who fall below minimum…

(a) Upon application of the plan administrator or trustee of any trust, fund, pension plan, combination plan, or profit sharing plan, which is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., the board of pharmacy may lic…

(a) Any pharmacy located outside this state that ships, mails, or delivers, in any manner, legend drugs, controlled substances, or devices into this state is a nonresident pharmacy and shall be licensed by the department. The nonresident pharmacy shall maintain at all times a val…

On or before January 15, 2005, the department of health shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 35 of title 42, establishing standards and procedures to protect the health and safety of the public and governing the operation and licensing of Canadian pharmacies necessitated b…

The owner of each and every place of business that manufactures legend drugs within this state, and any person who manufactures legend drugs outside this state for distribution within this state, shall be licensed by the department. The owner shall pay a license fee to be determi…

The owner of each place of business, located within or outside this state, that distributes legend drugs and nonprescription drugs at wholesale in this state, shall pay a license fee to be determined by the director, and thereafter, on or before a date to be determined by the dir…

(a) The director shall license as a pharmacist any individual who shall: (1) Be at least eighteen (18) years of age; (2) Have satisfied the board that he or she is of good moral and professional character; (3) Hold a baccalaureate degree in pharmacy or a doctor of pharmacy degree…