Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

Applicants for athletic trainer licenses shall pay a license fee, and, if applicable, a biennial license renewal fee as set forth in § 23-1-54. Any person allowing their license to lapse shall pay a late fee as set forth in § 23-1-54.

(a) An applicant for an athletic trainer license shall submit an application to the department on the prescribed forms and shall submit the fee listed in § 5-60-11. (b) The applicant shall be entitled to an athletic trainer license if he or she possesses the qualifications enumer…

A license issued under this chapter shall expire on the thirtieth day of June of every odd-numbered year. Licenses shall be renewed according to procedures established by the department and upon payment of the renewal fees established in § 5-60-11. Beginning with the renewal appl…

The board may refuse to issue a license to an applicant or may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the license of any licensee if he or she has: (1) Been convicted of a felony, the record of conviction being conclusive evidence of conviction if the department determines after inv…

An appeal from any decision or order of the board may be taken by any aggrieved party in the manner provided for in the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of title 42.

Any person who violates a provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor offense and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).

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

If any provision of this chapter, or the application of this chapter to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or application of the chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this…

As used in this chapter: (1) “Athletic trainer” means a person with the specific qualifications established in § 5-60-10 who, upon the direction of his or her team physician and/or consulting physician, carries out the practice of athletic training to athletic injuries incurred b…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the practice of medicine, or any of its branches, by any person not licensed by the department of health.

(a) The director of the department of health, with the approval of the governor, shall appoint the members of the Rhode Island board of athletic trainers, which shall be composed of three (3) licensed athletic trainers and one public member and one physician licensed to practice …

Subject to the approval of the director, the board has the powers and duties to: (1) Make rules and regulations consistent with this chapter that are necessary for the performance of its duties. (2) Prescribe application forms for license applicants. (3) Keep a complete record of…

No person may use the title “athletic trainer” or perform the duties of an athletic trainer, unless licensed by the state of Rhode Island to perform those duties.

As used in this chapter, “telephone solicitation” means the engagement of a telephone conversation for the purpose of encouraging a person to purchase personal property, investment opportunities, goods or services, or for the purpose of gathering information for sales solicitatio…

As used in this chapter: (1) “Department” means the department of attorney general. (2) “Hours of operation” means Monday through Friday, except a state or federal holiday, nine o’clock (9:00 a.m.) to six o’clock (6:00 p.m.); Saturday ten o’clock (10:00 a.m.) to five o’clock (5:0…

(a) Not less than ten (10) days prior to doing business in this state, a telephone sales solicitation operation or telephonic seller shall register with the department by filing with the consumer protection unit of the department the information required by § 5-61-4 and a filing …

(a) Each telephonic seller, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall deliver and file with the consumer protection unit of the department before a confirmation of registration shall be issued or re-issued: (1) A surety bond, written by a company recognized and approved b…

The department may delay, reject, or revoke a registration if the department finds that a telephonic seller or any person applying for registration as a telephonic seller, including, but not limited to, owners, operators, officers, directors, partners, or other individuals engage…

(a) Within the first thirty (30) seconds of a telephone call, a telephonic seller or salesperson shall identify herself or himself by stating her or his true name, the company on whose behalf the solicitation is being made, and the consumer goods or services being sold. (b) If a …

(a) A telephonic seller shall not use or connect to a telephone line an automatic-dialing-announcing device unless: (1) The subscriber has knowingly or voluntarily requested, consented to, permitted, or authorized receipt of the message; or (2) The message is immediately preceded…

(a) No salesperson or telephonic seller shall make, or cause to be made, any unsolicited telephonic sales calls to any residential, mobile, or telephonic-paging-device telephone number unless the salesperson or telephonic seller has instituted procedures for maintaining a list of…

(a) No salesperson or telephonic seller shall make or cause to be made any unsolicited telephonic sales calls to any residential, mobile, or telephonic-paging-device telephone number except during hours of operation, as defined in § 5-61-2(2). (b) Any person who violates any prov…

Each filing pursuant to § 5-61-3 shall contain the following information: (1) The name or names of the seller, including the name under which the seller is doing or intends to do business, if different from the name of the seller, and the name of any parent or affiliated organiza…

Any person including, but not limited to, the seller, a salesperson, agent or representative of the seller, or an independent contractor, who willfully violates any provision of this chapter or who directly or indirectly employs any device, scheme, or artifice to deceive in conne…

(a) Any purchaser may have a right of action against a telephonic seller who is in material violation of this chapter. The purchaser may recover triple the amount actually paid to the telephonic seller. In addition to any judgment awarded to the purchaser, the court may allow rea…

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 circumstance is held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule, or regulation and the application of th…

A person who, with intent to defraud, deceive, or injure another, makes, utters, or issues a certificate of authenticity, or any similar written instrument for a work of fine art attesting to material facts that the work does not in fact possess, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(a) When an art merchant furnishes the name of the artist of a multiple, or otherwise furnishes information required by this chapter for any time period as to transactions including offers, sales, or consignments, the provisions of § 5-62-9 shall apply, except that the section sh…

(a) The rights and liabilities created by this chapter shall be construed to be in addition to and not in substitution, exclusion, or displacement of, other rights and liabilities provided by law, including the law of principal and agent, except where the construction would, as a…

Whenever used in this chapter except where the context clearly requires otherwise, the terms listed below have the following meanings: (1) “Artist” means the creator of a work of fine art or, in the case of multiples, the person who conceived or created the image, that is contain…

Except as limited by § 5-62-5, no person other than the artist, or a person acting with the artist’s consent, shall knowingly display in a public exhibition a work of fine art of that artist or shall publish a reproduction of a work of the artist in an altered, defaced, mutilated…

(a) Except as limited by § 5-62-5, the artist shall retain at all times the right to claim authorship, or, for just and valid reason, to disclaim authorship of his or her work of fine art. The right to claim authorship shall include the right of the artist to have his or her name…

(a) Alteration, defacement, mutilation, or modification of a work of fine art resulting from the passage of time or the inherent nature of the materials will not by itself create a violation of § 5-62-3 or a right to disclaim authorship under § 5-62-4(a); provided, that the alter…

(a) An artist aggrieved under § 5-62-3 or § 5-62-4 has a cause of action for legal and injunctive relief. (b) No action may be maintained to enforce any liability under this chapter unless brought within three (3) years of the act complained of or one year after the constructive …

(a) Notwithstanding any custom, practice, or usage of the trade, any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code, or any other law, statute, requirement, or rule, or any agreement, note, memorandum, or writing to the contrary: (1) Whenever an artist or craftsperson, his or her heirs…

No process of attachment, execution, sequestration, replevin, distress, or any kind of seizure shall be served or levied upon any work of fine art while the work is en route to or from, or while on exhibition or deposited by a nonresident exhibitor at any exhibition held under th…

Notwithstanding any provision of any other law to the contrary: (1) Whenever an art merchant, in selling or exchanging a work of fine art, furnishes a certificate of authenticity or any similar written instrument to a buyer of the work who is not an art merchant, it: (i) Shall be…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Dietitian/Nutritionist Act.”

(a) When a sworn complaint is filed with the board charging a person with having been guilty of any of the actions specified in § 5-64-9, the division of professional regulation shall immediately investigate the charges, or, the board, after investigation, may institute charges. …

(a) It is a misdemeanor for any person, in offering his or her services to the public to: (1) Use in connection with his or her name any designation tending to imply that he or she is a licensed dietitian/nutritionist unless certified under the provisions of this chapter. (2) Use…

This chapter shall not be construed as preventing or restricting the practice, services, or activities of: (1) Any person who does not call himself or herself a dietitian/nutritionist from furnishing nutritional information to customers or any consumer as to the use of foods, foo…

All licenses under this chapter shall be renewed biennially and shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125). The application shall be accompanied or supported by evidence of the completion of a minimum of twenty (20) continuing-nutrition-education cred…

(a) The board shall recommend for licensure any person: (1) Who meets the qualifications of § 5-64-6(a)(1) and who submits the required application and fee together with satisfactory evidence to the board that he or she has been practicing dietetics for at least one year since 19…

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

The director of the department of health shall enforce the provisions of this chapter.

The purpose of this chapter is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public by providing for the licensing and regulation of dietitians and/or nutritionists.