Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

(a) After notice and hearing as provided in § 5-1-13.1, the director may: (1) Suspend, revoke, annul, or take other permitted action with respect to any certificate of registration; and/or (2) Suspend, revoke, annul, or take other permitted action with respect to any certificate …

(a) The director may initiate formal proceedings under this chapter against holders of a certificate of registration and/or a certificate of authorization (subsequently referred to as a licensee or licensees) either on his or her own motion; upon recommendation of the board; on c…

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit practices normally permitted to employees, engineers, contractors, and others, including the following: (1) A draftsperson, student, superintendent, or other employee of a lawfully practicing registered architect ac…

The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any section is declared invalid or void for any reason, the remainder of this chapter is not affected or impaired.

(a) A sole proprietorship, partnership, limited-liability partnership, corporation, or limited-liability company shall be admitted to practice architecture in this state if: (1) Two-thirds (⅔) of the partners (if a partnership or limited-liability partnership), two-thirds (⅔) of …

(a)(1) An architect or architectural firm, duly licensed to practice in Rhode Island under this chapter, who or that voluntarily and without compensation provides architectural services at the scene of a disaster emergency is not liable for any personal injury, wrongful death, pr…

The following definitions apply in the interpretation of the provisions of this chapter, unless the context requires another meaning: (1) “Architect” means any person who engages in the practice of architecture, as that term is defined in this section, as attested by his or her l…

(a) There is established a board of examination and registration of architects, composed of five (5) architects. Each member of the board must be a qualified elector of this state for three (3) consecutive years prior to appointment. Each member of the board shall have engaged in…

(a) A regular meeting of the board shall be held in May of each year, at which time the board shall elect from its membership a chairperson, a vice-chair, and a secretary, who shall serve for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. Special meetings of the b…

(a) Subject to the approval of the director, the board may establish any rules and regulations for the conduct of its own proceedings that it deems appropriate. (b) Subject to the approval of the director, the board may establish suitable rules and regulations for the examination…

(a) The board executive of the board shall keep a record of its proceedings. The record shall include the name, age, and last known address of each applicant for registration; information concerning each applicant’s education, experience, and other qualifications; the text of all…

(a) No individual shall: (1) Practice or offer to practice architecture in this state; (2) Use any title, sign, card, or device implying that the individual is an architect or is competent to practice architecture in this state; (3) Use in connection with his or her name, or othe…

(a) Any individual who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age may apply for a certificate of registration under this chapter. (b) Each applicant for a certificate of registration shall submit satisfactory evidence to the board that he or she holds a National Architectural Accre…

A nonresident licensed architect seeking to practice architecture in the state of Rhode Island shall, upon application, obtain a certificate of registration by submitting satisfactory evidence to the board that he or she is registered to practice architecture in another state, an…

The town and city councils of the several towns and cities may tax, regulate, and, if they find it expedient, prohibit and suppress, bowling alleys and establishments with three (3) or more billiard tables in their respective cities and towns, conforming to law.

(a) No person shall keep a billiard table, bagatelle table, pool table, scippio table, or any table of a similar character, in any saloon, shop, or place of business within this state, or own or keep any billiard, bagatelle, pool, or scippio table, or any table of a similar chara…

Every person taking a license pursuant to § 5-2-10 shall pay to the city or town treasurer of the city or town granting the license a sum to be fixed by the city or town council granting the license of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200), o…

Every person who owns, keeps, or uses any billiard table, bagatelle table, pool table, scippio table, or any table of similar character, without first obtaining a license, shall be fined twenty dollars ($20.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding three (3) months for each offense.

(a) No person licensed by virtue of this chapter shall permit any table, the use of which has been permitted under a license granted to him or her, to be used by any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years except as provided in this section; and in case of that use being permi…

Whenever the powers conferred in this chapter by law upon city and town councils have been conferred upon boards or bureaus of police commissioners in any city or town, those powers shall continue to be exercised by those boards or bureaus of police commissioners.

The keeper of any bowling alley, box ball alley, or establishment with three (3) or more billiard tables who or that refuses or neglects to comply with an order or decree relating to it, which any city or town council is authorized to make, shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00).

The owner or occupant of the premises on which any bowling alley, box ball alley, or three (3) or more billiard tables are situated is deemed the keeper of that bowling alley, box ball alley, or (3) or more billiard tables, within the meaning of the provisions of this chapter.

As used in this chapter, the term “billiard table” means and shall include billiard tables, pool tables, and pocket billiard tables.

The bureau of licenses of the city of Providence may regulate bowling alleys in that city and make orders as to the manner of building and the hours of using bowling alleys; and in case an order is disobeyed, may issue their warrant, directed to the city sergeant or to any town c…

Every person who keeps any pistol gallery, rifle gallery, or other building, or other enclosure in any city or town of this state, where firearms are used, without a license from the city council or other licensing authority of the city or the town council of the town, shall be f…

The city or town council of each city or town shall assess, levy, and collect a tax not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor less than five dollars ($5.00) per annum on every person who owns or keeps a bowling alley or box ball alley in the city or town, except in the city …

The city or town council may assess, levy, and collect the tax referred to in § 5-2-6, for any bowling alley or box ball alley, of any person who owns or occupies the house or building in which the bowling alley or box ball alley is kept.

The taxes referred to in § 5-2-6 shall be collected in the manner prescribed for the collection of city or town taxes and appropriated to the use of the city or town in which the tax is collected.

(a) Town or city councils or licensing authorities in any city or town may permit licensees operating bowling alleys, or persons paying a tax for the operation of a bowling alley, to operate rooms or places where bowling, or playing of billiards, or pocket billiards at establishm…

It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to sell or offer for sale in the state any quantities of coal or coke that exceed one thousand pounds (1,000 lbs.) without first obtaining a license from the director of labor and training as provided in § 5-4-2.

Whenever in this state coal or coke is being transported by a licensee or other person to a purchaser or consumer, the director of labor and training, or his or her agent or agents, may direct the person or persons having charge of that coal or coke to convey the coal or coke imm…

The director of labor and training, after a hearing, may suspend or revoke any license issued under the provisions of this chapter for using or giving false or insufficient weight, in violation of any provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated by the directo…

Any person aggrieved by any decision or order of the director of labor and training made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may appeal to the superior court under the provisions of chapter 35 of title 42.

The director of labor and training may issue a coal and coke license for wholesale or retail authorizing the licensee or his or her agents or servants to sell and deliver or distribute coal or coke in quantities of more than one thousand pounds (1,000 lbs.) in any part of the sta…

Whoever violates any provision of this chapter, or whoever is guilty of fraud or deceit in the weighing, selling, or delivering of coal or coke, or whoever willfully, by himself or herself or his or her servant, agent, or employee, sells or delivers or distributes or offers to se…

The provisions of this chapter shall be construed and deemed to apply to all anthracite and bituminous coal and to all coke and other fuels containing coal or coke that may be sold or offered for sale in this state. The term “coal,” as used in this chapter, includes both anthraci…

For the purpose of paying necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum that it deems necessary; and the state controller is directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment …

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this chapter is for any reason adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of the chapter, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, s…

The license as provided in § 5-4-2 shall be issued as of the first day of December of each year and shall continue in full force and effect for one year, unless revoked by the director of labor and training as subsequently provided in this chapter, and may be renewed upon payment…

All moneys received for licenses by the director of labor and training under the provisions of this chapter shall be turned over to the general treasurer for the use of the state.

The director of labor and training shall keep a record of all licenses granted by him or her under the provisions of this chapter with the number of each; the name; residence and business address of the licensee; and the cities and towns for which each license is issued. Those re…

All coal or coke sold or offered for sale by any licensee shall be sold by weight. Two thousand pounds (2,000 lbs.) avoirdupois shall be the standard of weight for the net ton, and two thousand two hundred forty pounds (2,240 lbs.) avoirdupois shall be the standard weight for the…

Coal and coke of one hundred pounds (100 lbs.) or less per unit shall be sold in bags, baskets, or other vessels or receptacles; provided, that coal or coke shall not be sold or offered for sale in bags, baskets, vessels, or receptacles in units of less than eighteen pounds (18 l…

A statement upon a form approved by, and a copy of which shall be filed with, the director of labor and training, signed by the seller or the seller’s agent stating the seller’s name and business address; the name and address of the purchaser; the date of delivery; and the kind, …

Every vehicle used by a licensee or other person in connection with the sale or delivery of coal or coke in this state shall be marked in any manner that the director of labor and training requires, and each licensee shall display his or her license in a conspicuous place and man…

This chapter may be cited as the “Private Detective Act.”