Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 5-65 - Contractors’ Registration and Licensing Board
Section 5-65-20. - Administrative hearings.

§ 5-65-20. Administrative hearings.
(a) Contested cases, contested enforcement proceedings, and contested administrative fines shall be heard, in accordance with the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of title 42, and the administrative regulations promulgated by the board, by the hearings officer(s) assigned by the director of the department of business regulation or the director’s designee.
(b) The board has jurisdiction to hear appeals from decisions of the hearing officer(s), and may by regulation impose a filing fee, not to exceed twenty dollars ($20.00), for any appeal.
(c) Notwithstanding the preceding, the director of the department of business regulation, the director’s designee, and the office is authorized to resolve complaints and contested enforcement proceedings through informal disposition pursuant to regulations promulgated by the board.
History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 322, § 2; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 4, § 1; P.L. 2022, ch. 251, § 1, effective June 28, 2022; P.L. 2022, ch. 252, § 1, effective June 28, 2022.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 5 - Businesses and Professions

Chapter 5-65 - Contractors’ Registration and Licensing Board

Section 5-65-1. - Definitions.

Section 5-65-2. - Exemptions from registration — Registered agent for service of process.

Section 5-65-3. - Registration for work on a structure required of contractor — Issuance of building permits to unregistered or unlicensed contractors prohibited — Evidence of activity as a contractor — Duties of contractors.

Section 5-65-4. - Registration required to obtain judicial or administrative remedy — Exception.

Section 5-65-5. - Application for registration — Continuing education.

Section 5-65-6. - Contractor to notify of address change — Effect of mail to last known address.

Section 5-65-7. - Insurance required of contractors.

Section 5-65-7.1. - Notice of cancellation or failure to renew policies.

Section 5-65-8. - Term of registration — Renewal.

Section 5-65-9. - Registration fee — Report.

Section 5-65-10. - Grounds for discipline — Injunctions.

Section 5-65-11. - Submission of complaints.

Section 5-65-12. - Procedure for making a complaint against a contractor — Investigation by board — Disciplinary action.

Section 5-65-12.1. - Alternate procedure for making claims against a contractor — Private right of action.

Section 5-65-13. - Nonlawyer may represent corporation before board.

Section 5-65-14. - Contractors’ registration and licensing board — Members — Terms — Confirmation — Vacancies — Qualification.

Section 5-65-15. - Officers — Quorum — Compensation and expenses.

Section 5-65-15.1. - Staff.

Section 5-65-16. - Powers and duties of the board — Investigatory powers of board — Use of city or county inspectors — Conduct of hearings.

Section 5-65-17. - Rulemaking authority.

Section 5-65-18. - Mechanics’ lien notice.

Section 5-65-19. - Penalty for operating without a registration — Failure to comply with a final order or decision — Repeat offenses.

Section 5-65-20. - Administrative hearings.

Section 5-65-21. - Severability.

Section 5-65-22. - Display of certificate of registration.

Section 5-65-23. - Registration required as part of bidding process.

Section 5-65-24. - Limited applicability of chapter to nonresidential contractors.

Section 5-65-25. - Violations — Notice.

Section 5-65-26. - Notice of final order — Service of process.

Section 5-65-27. - Elderly person in-home solicitation — Right to cancel.