(a)  The director may promulgate rules, forms, and orders necessary or appropriate to administer this act and may define terms, whether or not used in this act. The director may classify franchises, persons, and matters within the director’s jurisdiction and prescribe different rules for different classes. The act imposes no liability for an act or omission done in good faith in conformity with an order or rule of the director.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 19-28.1-27

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6

(b)  No rule, order, or form may be made unless the director finds that the action is necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of franchisees and consistent with the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the act.

(c)  The director may honor requests from interested persons for interpretive opinions or may issue determinations that the director will not institute enforcement proceedings against a person for engaging in certain specified activities where the determination is consistent with purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the act.

History of Section.
P.L. 1993, ch. 395, § 2.