Rhode Island General Laws 5-32-3. Certificates – Applications – Penalty for violations
The division of professional regulation of the department of health shall issue certificates to practice electrolysis and laser hair removal, as defined in this chapter, to any persons who comply with the provisions of this chapter. Any person who desires to engage in that practice shall submit, in writing, in any form that is required by the board, an application for a certificate to engage in that practice. The application shall be accompanied by a fee as set forth in § 23-1-54. Any person, firm, corporation, or association violating any of the provisions of this chapter commits a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200), or imprisoned for a period not to exceed three (3) months, or both the fine and imprisonment.
History of Section.
P.L. 1943, ch. 1315, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1949, ch. 2228, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-32-3; P.L. 1960, ch. 76, § 15; P.L. 1969, ch. 166, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 14, § 7; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 6; P.L. 2019, ch. 94, § 2; P.L. 2019, ch. 129, § 2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-32-3
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Electrolysis: means the method of removing hair from the human body by the application of an electrical current or any form of energy to the hair-papilla or hair germination by means of a needle or any other instrument or device to cause decomposition, coagulation, dehydration, or other form of tissue destruction, to permanently disable the hair follicle from producing hair. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-32-1
- in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
- Laser: means the acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-32-1
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6