Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

Any person, firm, or corporation acting as a broker for the sale of an existing business or the transfer of all or a substantial part of the materials, supplies, merchandise, or other inventory of an existing business or for the making of a bulk transfer under chapter 6 of title …

There are hereby transferred to the department of administration: (a) Those functions of the department of business regulation that were administered through or with respect to departmental programs in the performance of strategic planning as defined in § 42-11-10(c); (b) All off…

After receipt of any application for a license, permit, and/or registration that is subject to the jurisdiction of the department of business regulation, the director of business regulation or the director’s designee shall conduct an investigation to determine whether the facts s…

(a) Whenever the director, or the director's designee, shall have cause to believe that a violation of title 27 and/or chapter 14, 14.5, 62, or 128.1 of this title or the regulations promulgated thereunder has occurred by a licensee, or any person or entity conducting any activit…

(a) If the director, or the director's designee, has reason to believe that any person, firm, corporation, or association is conducting any activities requiring licensure under title 27 or any other provisions of the general laws or public laws within the jurisdiction of the depa…

The director of the department of business regulation may promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary and proper to carry out the duties assigned to the director by this title or any other provision of law.

(a) The following fees shall be charged for the services of the division of insurance in reviewing policy or certificate forms, as those terms are defined in § 27-29-2(8), and related forms and rates that are required by law to be submitted by insurers, as that term is defined in…

The director is hereby authorized and may in the director's discretion recover the reasonable cost of legal services provided by in-house attorneys of the office of legal counsel of the department of business regulation and incurred by the department of business regulation in mat…

(a) It shall be the function of the department of business regulation to license, regulate, and control all areas as required by this chapter and any and all other provisions of the general laws and public laws. (b) Whenever any hearing is required or permitted to be held pursuan…

(a) Every insurer or entity exempt pursuant to § 27-16-2.6 or entity permissibly self-insured pursuant to § 42-14.1-2 providing professional liability insurance to licensed healthcare professionals or licensed healthcare facilities shall send a complete report to the board of med…

Within ten (10) days after a judgment by a court of this state that a licensed physician, dentist, or dental hygienist has committed a crime or is civilly liable for any death or personal injury caused by their negligence, error, or omission in practice, or their rendering unauth…

The commissioner of insurance shall promulgate, on or before January 1, 1987, rules and regulations establishing the minimum provisions that all professional liability insurance policies for licensed healthcare providers, dentists, or dental hygienists must contain. The commissio…

Within the department of business regulation there shall be a division of financial services that oversees the regulation and control of banking and insurance and such other matters within the jurisdiction of the department as determined by the director. The division shall have o…

(a) The superintendents of banking and insurance shall administer the functions of the department relating to the regulation and control of banking and insurance. (b) Wherever the words “banking administrator” or “banking commissioner” or “insurance administrator” or “commissione…

The superintendents of banking and insurance shall not engage in any other business or be an officer of or directly or indirectly interested in any national bank doing business in this state, or in any bank, savings bank, or trust company organized under the laws of this state, n…

Every examiner or assistant examiner authorized by law to report the condition of a financial institution incorporated under the laws of this state — including, but not limited to, banks, savings banks, bank associations, trust companies, loan and investment companies, savings an…

The superintendent of banking and the superintendent of insurance may appoint one or more deputies to assist the superintendent in the performance of the superintendent’s duties, who shall be removable at the pleasure of the superintendent, and the superintendent in the superinte…

The superintendent of banking and the superintendent of insurance may employ such clerical assistance and incur such office and traveling expenses for him or herself, his or her deputies and assistants as may be necessary in the performance of his or her other duties, and as prov…

(a) The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary for the payment of the salary of the administrator of banking and insurance, for the payment of the salaries of his or her deputies and for the payment of the clerical and other assistance, offi…

There shall be a department of health. The head of the department shall be the director of health, who shall carry out, except as otherwise provided by this title, the provisions of chapters 10, 19 [repealed], 27 [repealed], 29 — 31, inclusive, and 33 — 37, inclusive, of title 5;…

The department of health and director of health shall enforce the provisions of chapter 2 of title 21, relating to milk; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall infringe upon the powers and duties of the department of environmental management relating to t…

There are hereby transferred to the director of the department of health: (1) Those functions of the former department of social welfare that were administered through or with respect to the licensing of homes for aged and convalescent persons (title 40); (2) All functions relati…

(a) The director of the department of health shall cooperate with the department of environmental management and shall make available to the department of environmental management such testing and laboratory facilities and such technical personnel as are within the jurisdiction o…

(a) There are hereby transferred to the department of administration: (1) Those functions of the department of health that were administered through or with respect to departmental programs in the performance of strategic planning as defined in § 42-11-10(c); (2) All officers, em…

There is hereby transferred to the department of health those functions and resources formerly administered by the department of human services relating to the administration and management of the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) autho…

The director of the department of health shall coordinate and cooperate with the director of the department of corrections to ensure collaboration around existing department of health programs and initiatives, with regard to people under the care of the department of corrections,…

The omission in this title of a citation of any general law or public law now in force that make it mandatory upon or permissive for any department, division, or other agency of the state to perform certain functions that by this title are assigned or transferred and placed in th…

Any director or head of a department shall have the power to administer oaths for all purposes required in the discharge of their duties.

All prosecutions or proceedings authorized by law to be made by an administrative officer of the state shall be prosecuted by a department head or a person duly designated by a department head or as the law may direct.

Complaints for the violation of the provisions of any general law or public law or any rule or regulation thereunder may be made by the head of any department or a person duly designated by the department head having proper jurisdiction thereof, and the department head or person …

The right of appeal to a court of competent jurisdiction as provided by law shall not be abridged or impaired by the passage of this title. The right of the head of any department or any subdivision thereof to prosecute for any offense to recover a penalty or forfeiture as provid…

This title shall be construed liberally in aid of its declared purpose, which purpose is the coordination of the functions of the several departments, divisions, and other administrative agencies of the state, and the allocation of these functions to the departments and agencies …

If any provision of this title or of any rule or regulation made thereunder, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the title, rule, or regulation, and the application of such provision to o…

(a) All state departments and agencies shall present a recycling plan to the department of environmental management by June 30, 1991. The plan will follow procedures and methods as prescribed by the current rules and regulations governing the commercial solid waste recycling plan…

Whenever it is provided by law that an officer under the direction of a department head shall perform certain duties or functions, the department head may designate some person in the department to perform those duties or functions, and the person designated shall have and posses…

Whenever certain powers or duties are conferred or imposed by existing law upon an official or employee of the state having a definite title, those powers and duties shall be exercised and performed by the director or other head of a department or by the independent agency, his o…

If not otherwise provided by law, the director or head of any department or agency may, with the approval of the governor, establish such administrative and organization units for the conduct of the affairs of the department as may be necessary or to conform with the requirements…

Wherever this title does not provide for a deputy director in any department, the director may designate some person in the department to act in the director's absence or incapacity, or whenever the circumstances may require. An alternate to the deputy may similarly be designated…

Whenever in any general law or public law or resolution of the general assembly prior to February 7, 1939, there shall have been stated a fixed amount for a salary, wage, compensation, or for personal services, or for clerical assistance, or a fixed amount for office expense, pri…

The director of administration or a subordinate designated by the director shall assign space in the state house and state office building, and in any other state property that may be required, to the various departments and other agencies in accordance with their needs.

All leases made by any department or subdivision thereof shall, prior to acceptance, be approved as to form by the attorney general and as to substance by the director of administration and a copy of all leases shall be filed with the director.

A complete and legible copy of each contract entered into after September 30, 1994, by any state agency and department of state government, including without limitation public and quasi-public agencies, authorities, boards, and commissions, involving the expenditure of more than …

In the interest of open government and ease of access to public records, all state agencies and departments of state government, including without limitation, public and quasi-public agencies, authorities, boards, and commissions, which are required by law to prepare audits, shal…

The director of administration may determine what directors or heads of departments and subordinate officials shall be bonded, either by a surety bond covering an individual employee or by position schedule bonds covering any group or groups of employees or positions or both. All…

Except as otherwise provided in this title, the head of a department or any other agency assuming any duties formerly imposed upon any other department or agency, and transferred by chapter 660 of the Public Laws of 1939, shall perform the duties of such department or agency, not…

No offense committed and no penalty or forfeiture incurred under any of the acts repealed by chapter 660 of the Public Laws of 1939, and before the time when chapter 660 took effect, shall be affected by chapter 660, except that whenever any punishment, penalty, or forfeiture sha…