Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

Any person who employs, hires, procures, or induces any other person not authorized by the provisions of this chapter to perform any act that constitutes the practice of podiatry in this state or aids or abets one not authorized in that practice is guilty of a felony punishable b…

Unless another penalty is provided by the laws of this state, any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation adopted under this chapter shall upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by imprisonment…

The director may, temporarily, suspend the license of a podiatrist or limited registrant without a hearing if the director finds that evidence in his or her possession indicates that a podiatrist or limited registrant continuing in practice would constitute an immediate danger to…

When it appears to the director and/or board that any person is violating any of the provisions of this chapter, the director and/or board may institute an action to enjoin the violation in a court of competent jurisdiction. The court may restrain and/or enjoin any person, firm, …

If any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation made under this chapter, or the application of this chapter to any person or circumstances, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule, or regulation, and the application of t…

The board has the following duties and powers: (1) To adopt, amend, and rescind any rules and regulations with the approval of the director as is necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter; (2) To investigate all complaints and charges of unprofessional conduct against…

The following practices, acts, and operations are exempt from the operation of this chapter: (1) Physicians in the regular discharge of their duties. (2) The operation by bona fide students of podiatry in the clinical departments or the laboratory of a school of podiatry approved…

The omission of this chapter as a citation of any general law or public law now in force that makes it mandatory under or permissive for any department, division, or other agency of the state to perform certain functions that by this chapter are assigned or transferred to the dep…

All rules, regulations, standards, notices of violation, or orders issued, adopted, modified, or repealed by the board of examiners in podiatry pursuant to any of the provisions of this chapter remain in effect until subsequent action of the director of health or board of examine…

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

The director has the following duties and powers: (1) To issue, pursuant to any rules and regulations promulgated by the board and approved by the director, all licenses and registrations required by this chapter to duly qualified applicants; (2) To deny licenses and registration…

(a) All persons subsequently desiring to commence the practice of podiatry in this state shall apply to the division of professional regulation for a license. Applicants for examination shall present to the division, at least thirty (30) days before the commencement of the examin…

The division of professional regulation board of podiatry examiners is empowered to review applications as defined in this chapter and to require a minimum application fee as set forth in § 23-1-54 at the time of application. Application fees are not refundable unless due to sick…

(a) All applicants are required to take an examination with respect to theory as well as a practical examination. Any applicant who has fulfilled all requirements other than completion of residency is permitted to take the theoretical examination, but no applicant is permitted to…

There shall be no reciprocity in granting licenses for the practice of podiatric medicine and surgery (podiatry) to licensees from other states or countries.

For the purpose of this chapter, the practice of “chiropractic medicine” is defined as the science and art of mechanical and material healing as follows: the employment of a system of palpating and adjusting the articulations of the human spinal column and its appendages, by hand…

All references in the general laws to “chiropractor” or “chiropractors” shall be changed to read “chiropractic physician” or “chiropractic physicians” as appropriate and all references to the practice of “chiropractic” shall be construed to refer to the practice of “chiropractic …

(a) Within the division of professional regulation of the department of health, there shall be a state board of chiropractic examiners to be appointed by the director of the department of health with the approval of the governor. The board shall consist of five (5) members who ar…

Upon receipt of any recommendation from the board of chiropractic examiners, as provided in §§ 5-30-6 — 5-30-8, the director of the department of health shall issue to the recommended person a certificate to practice chiropractic medicine or physiotherapy within this state, or ce…

Chiropractic physicians are entitled to the same services of the laboratories of the department of health and other institutions; are subject to the same duties and liabilities; and are entitled to the same rights and privileges in their professional calling pertaining to public …

Annually, during the month of October in each year, every person granted a certificate to practice chiropractic medicine shall register his or her name, address, and place of business with the division of professional regulation of the department of health. The division shall kee…

(a) The division of professional regulation of the department of health may, after notice and a hearing, in its discretion refuse to grant the certificate provided for in this chapter to any chiropractic physician if the applicant has not furnished satisfactory evidence that he o…

Any person aggrieved by any decision or ruling of the director of the department of health, or of the division of professional regulation, in regard to any of the provisions of this chapter, may appeal to the superior court in the manner provided for in chapter 35 of title 42.

The administrator of the division of professional regulation shall collect all fees for the division under the provisions of this chapter, and shall remit those fees to the general treasurer monthly. Under no circumstances shall any fee be returned. Members of the board of chirop…

No chiropractic physician may directly or indirectly receive payment, reimbursement, compensation, or fee for a referral to any clinical laboratory. A violation of the provisions of this section constitutes a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be punished by imprisonment for not…

Except as expressly provided in this chapter, all provisions of chapter 37 of this title apply to the practice of chiropractic medicine, and to persons practicing chiropractic medicine within the state.

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

The state board of chiropractic examiners shall make any rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, that it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter relating to the practice of chiropractic medicine. Any member of the board has power to administer oaths …

No person may practice chiropractic medicine or any of its branches without a certificate issued under the authority of this chapter, which certificate has not been suspended or revoked as provided in this chapter, and without registering annually, as provided by § 5-30-12. No on…

Any person violating any of the provisions of § 5-30-3 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction for a first offense shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200), or imprisonment for three (3) months, …

Complaints for the violation of the provisions of § 5-30-3 may be made by the administrator of the division of professional regulation, or by any authorized agent, and they are exempt from giving surety for costs on any complaint made as stated in this section.

Every person desiring to begin the practice of chiropractic medicine, except as provided in this chapter, shall present satisfactory evidence to the division of professional regulation of the department of health that he or she is more than twenty-three (23) years of age; of good…

The division of professional regulation of the department of health may, at its discretion, dispense with the examination of any chiropractic physician authorized to practice chiropractic medicine in any other state, and who has been practicing his or her profession in that state…

(a) Every person desiring to practice physiotherapy in addition to chiropractic medicine and who completed a course of four (4) years, of eight (8) months each, in some school of chiropractic medicine approved by the division of professional regulation of the department of health…

With the exception of vertebral palpation and adjusting which is by demonstration, the examination provided for in § 5-30-6 to determine the applicant’s qualification to practice chiropractic medicine shall be in writing, and it shall be given in any subjects that the division of…

This chapter may be cited as the “Accountancy Act.”

(a) The board shall require, as a condition to the renewal of permits for practice units under § 5-3.1-9, that applicants undergo peer reviews conducted no more frequently than once every three (3) years in any manner and with any satisfactory result that the board specifies. The…

Any person or practice unit aggrieved by a decision of the board not to: (1) issue a certificate under § 5-3.1-5, (2) issue a permit to practice under § 5-3.1-7, § 5-3.1-8, or § 5-3.1-9, or (3) renew any permit, as the case may be, may request a hearing before the board on the de…

(a) After notice and a hearing as provided in § 5-3.1-14, the board may: (1) Suspend or revoke any certificate issued under § 5-3.1-5, or any predecessor provision, and any authority as a public accountant issued under the prior laws of this state; (2) Revoke or suspend any permi…

After notice and a hearing as provided in § 5-3.1-14, the board may revoke or suspend the permit of any practice unit issued under § 5-3.1-9 if at any time the practice unit fails to meet all the qualifications prescribed under § 5-3.1-9. After notice and a hearing as provided in…

(a) The board may initiate proceedings under this chapter against a licensee either on its own motion, on the complaint of any person, upon the finding of probable cause by a probable-cause committee appointed by the board pursuant to § 5-3.1-4, or upon receiving notification fro…

(a) Upon application in writing or after hearing pursuant to notice, the board may: (1) Reissue a certificate to a certified public accountant whose certificate has been revoked or suspended; (2) Reissue an authority to a public accountant whose authority has been revoked or susp…

(a) Except as permitted by the board pursuant to § 5-3.1-18(b), no person shall hold himself or herself out to the public as a certified public accountant or assume or use the designation “certified public accountant” or “CPA” or any other title, designation, words, letters, abbr…

In addition to the activities set out in § 5-3.1-3(13), a licensee may engage in one or more kinds of management, advisory, or consulting services, and in the preparation of tax returns and the furnishing of advice on tax matters.

(a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting any person not a certified public accountant or public accountant from serving as an employee of or an assistant to a licensee; provided, that the employee or assistant shall not issue any accounting or finan…

Whenever, in the judgment of the board, any person or entity has engaged, or is about to engage, in any acts or practices that constitute, or will constitute, a violation of this chapter, the board may make application to the superior court for an order enjoining those acts or pr…