Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

(a)(1) The minimum qualifications of the person responsible for the direction of the food service department of a healthcare facility shall be a certified dietary manager, or a person eligible for certification as a certified dietary manager by the Dietary Manager’s Association (…

(a) A person shall present satisfactory evidence to the board of having successfully completed the academic requirements of an educational program in dietary management recognized by the board at an accredited college or university as determined by the board. (b) All persons shal…

(a) If a member is dropped from membership for a period of five (5) years, or less, a request, in writing, for reinstatement to D.M.A. headquarters office must be made with required fees. (b) If membership is dropped for more than five (5) years, a person shall be ineligible for …

(a) An individual who is a dietetic technician, having graduated from a dietetic technician program approved by the American Dietetic Association, but is not a member of D.M.A. nor certified by D.M.A., may qualify to sit for the credentialing exam. (b) Dietetic technicians who ha…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “Dietitian Licensure Compact”.

(a) The compact commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated data system. (b) The compact commission shall assign each applicant for a compact privilege a unique identifier, as determined by the rules. (c) Notwithstanding …

(a) The compact commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently implement and administer the purposes and provisions of the chapter. A rule shall be invalid and have no force or effect only if a court of competent jurisdiction holds that the r…

(a) Oversight. (1) The executive and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement this compact. (2) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, venue is proper and judicial proc…

(a) The compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact is enacted into law in the seventh member state. (1) On or after the effective date of the compact, the compact commission shall convene and review the enactment of each of the first seven (7) member states (…

(a) This compact and the compact commission’s rulemaking authority shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes and the implementation and administration of the compact. Provisions of the compact expressly authorizing or requiring the promulgation of rules shall …

(a) Nothing herein shall prevent or inhibit the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the compact. (b) Any laws, statutes, regulations, or other legal requirements in a member state in conflict with the compact are superseded to the extent o…

The purpose of this chapter is to facilitate interstate practice of dietetics with the goal of improving public access to dietetics services. This chapter preserves the regulatory authority of the state to protect public health and safety through the current system of state licen…

For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “ACEND” means the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics or its successor organization. (2) “Active military member” means any individual with full-time duty status in…

(a) To participate in the compact, a state must currently: (1) License and regulate the practice of dietetics; and (2) Have a mechanism in place for receiving and investigating complaints about licensees. (b) A member state shall: (1) Participate fully in the compact commission’s…

(a) To exercise the compact privilege under the terms and provisions of this chapter, the licensee shall: (1) Satisfy one of the following: (i) Hold a valid current registration that gives the applicant the right to use the term registered dietitian; or (ii) Complete all of the f…

(a) A licensee may hold a home state license, which allows for a compact privilege in other member states, in only one member state at a time. (b) If a licensee changes home state by moving between two (2) member states: (1) The licensee shall file an application for obtaining a …

An active military member, or their spouse, 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.

(a) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state shall have the authority, in accordance with existing state due process law, to: (1) Take adverse action against a licensee’s compact privilege within that member state; and (2) Issue subpoenas for both he…

(a) The compact member states hereby create and establish a joint government agency whose membership consists of all member states that have enacted the compact known as the dietitian licensure compact commission. The compact commission is an instrumentality of the compact states…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Rhode Island Home Inspector Licensing Law.”

(a) Every licensed home inspector and associate home inspector shall secure, maintain, and file with the board a certificate of insurance for an errors and omissions policy and a certificate of insurance for a general liability policy; both shall be for a minimum amount of five h…

(a) After a hearing in accordance with the administrative regulations promulgated by the board, the board may revoke, suspend, or refuse to issue, reinstate, or reissue a license if the board determines that a licensee or applicant has: (1) Disclosed any information concerning th…

(a) Any person who provides, presents, calls, or represents himself or herself as a home inspector for compensation shall be licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (b) No person, not licensed as a home inspector or associate home inspector, shall advertise or…

(a) Any person who operates as a home inspector without a license as adjudged in a final order issued by the board, upon proper written notification, is deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year, fined not more tha…

Notwithstanding any provisions in § 5-65-14 to the contrary, for a period of one year after the effective date of this chapter, the initial two (2) home inspectors appointed to the board shall not be required, at the time of their initial appointment, to be licensed under the pro…

When used in this chapter: (1) “Associate home inspector” means a person who is employed by a licensed home inspector to conduct a home inspection of a residential building on behalf of a client for a fee under the direct supervision of the licensed home inspector and is licensed…

(a) The board shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter; (2) Issue and renew licenses to home inspectors and associate home inspectors pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; (3) Suspend, revoke, or fail to renew the…

(a) To be eligible for licensure as a home inspector, an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements: (1) Be of good moral character; (2) Have successfully completed high school or its equivalent; (3) Have been engaged as a licensed associate home inspector for no less tha…

To be eligible for licensure as an associate home inspector, an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements: (1) Be of good moral character; (2) Have successfully completed high school or its equivalent; (3) Have assisted in not less than fifty (50) home inspections in the…

(a) Upon the issuance of a license by the board, an identification card shall also be issued to each licensed person. (b) All licensees subject to the provisions of this chapter must include their license number on all advertising proposals, contracts, inspection reports, and inv…

(a) Any person who conducts a home inspection as defined by this chapter shall be licensed pursuant to this chapter and comply with all the requirements of this chapter and any subsequent rules or regulations promulgated by the board. (b) The provisions of this chapter shall not …

Upon payment to the board of the requisite fee and submission of a completed application approved by the board, the board shall issue a home inspector license to any person who: (1) Holds a valid license issued by another state or possession of the United States or the District o…

(a) The board is empowered and directed to establish a fee schedule for the application, continuing education, examination, and reexamination of applicants for licensing; provided, that the fee for home inspector and associate home inspector licenses, and all subsequent renewals,…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Rhode Island Well-Drilling, Pump Installers, and Water-Filtration Contractors Licensing Law.” The purpose of this chapter is to establish a licensing program and minimum standards for governing and enforcing the installation, c…

When used in this chapter: (1) “Alter” means the replacing, changing, or repairing of any portion of the existing wells, water-supply systems, water-treatment systems, water-filtration systems, or pumps and the terms “alteration” and “altering” shall be construed accordingly. (2)…

(a) In addition to the provisions of chapter 65 of this title, the contractors’ registration and licensing board is authorized to establish a program to license well-drilling contractors, pump installers, water-filtration/treatment-system contractors, and water-filtration/treatme…

All persons seeking a well-drilling professional license shall submit a payment in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200), which shall support the licensing program, representing a license fee. All fines and fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited into a rest…

(a) Any person who operates as a well drilling contractor without a license as adjudged in a final order issued by the board, upon proper written notification, is deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year, fined not…

The purpose of this chapter is to establish provisions, qualifications, and procedures for licensing underground utility contractors engaged in the laying or repairing of underground utilities.

Every applicant for a certificate of license as an underground utility contractor to carry on the business of installing, repairing or servicing, altering or replacing sewer lines, storm drainage lines, or water lines and related services in accordance with this chapter, shall fu…

Underground utility contractor’s licenses are not transferable or assignable and automatically become invalid upon a change of ownership or upon suspension or revocation of a license.

(a) The board may suspend or revoke the license of any underground utility contractor after a hearing when the weight of the evidence establishes any one or more of the following specific violations: (1) Obtaining, or conspiring with others to obtain, a license by inducing the is…

(a) No proceeding to revoke a license, as provided in this section, shall be instituted unless filed with the board within one year immediately following the date or dates of violation. (b) No license of an underground utility contractor shall be revoked or cancelled until after …

The board shall have the power to subpoena and bring before it any witness to take testimony, either orally or by deposition, or both, in any proceeding authorized by law.

The board shall have the power to administer oaths to witnesses at a hearing, which the board is authorized by law to conduct, and any other oaths authorized or administered by the board.

Any applicant or licensee aggrieved by any decision or ruling of the board may appeal that decision to the board which shall review the decision or ruling. Upon review, the board shall order that the license of the licensee charged in the complaint be revoked or the complaint sha…