Rhode Island General Laws 5-20-22. Reexamination of applicants – Appeal to board
(a) Any applicant who fails in an examination for a license is permitted to take further examination upon payment for each examination of the prescribed fee in § 5-20-15 — § 5-20-17.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-20-22
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- 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
- Plumbing: means :
(i) All fittings, fixtures, appliances, and connections that are located within a building or a structure, or within five feet (5?) of the outer walls of a building or structure and that connect said building or structure, where a person or persons live, work, or assemble, with the source of public or private water supply used or intended for domestic or personal use, as well as any interconnecting piping between buildings or structures;
(ii) All piping, fittings, fixtures, and appliances for a sanitary drainage and related ventilation system, direct or indirect, within that building; and
(iii) Air piping, medical, and laboratory gas systems including, but not limited to, oxygen and nitrous oxide. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-20-2
(b) Any applicant who fails to qualify may, within thirty (30) days after notification of his or her failure to qualify, appeal to the state board of plumbing examiners, in writing, requesting a review of the decision of the division of professional regulation in the first instance to the administrator of the division or his or her designee. A further appeal may then be taken. The state board of plumbing examiners shall set a date for an appointment and review the examination papers with the applicant. Examination papers shall be preserved in the division of professional regulation for at least three (3) months after the administration of the examination.
History of Section.
P.L. 1945, ch. 1661, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 5-20-22; R.P.L. 1957, ch. 116, § 5; P.L. 1978, ch. 172, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 54, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 214, § 2.