Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 3-8 - Regulation of Sales
Section 3-8-4. - Drinking by or hiring of underage persons.

§ 3-8-4. Drinking by or hiring of underage persons.
(a) Use of a credit card for the purchase of beverages may be permitted by all classes of license holders and, notwithstanding the purchase of alcoholic beverages by credit card, license holders shall not sell or furnish beverages to any person who has not reached his or her twenty-first (21st) birthday to drink any beverage upon any licensed premises.
(b) Licensees shall not hire any persons who have not reached their eighteenth (18th) birthday to sell or serve beverages in any place where those beverages may be consumed on the premises where sold.
(c) License holders may enforce a prohibition against any patron who has not reached his or her twenty-first birthday from entering the licensed establishment after ten o’clock (10:00) p.m..
History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 19; P.L. 1934, ch. 2088, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 165, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 3-8-4; P.L. 1980, ch. 142, § 2; P.L. 1984, ch. 191, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 155, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 614, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 61, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 71, § 1.

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