(a)  A license may be suspended or revoked if the licensee:

(1)  Violates any provisions of this chapter or rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter;

(2)  Practices fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation;

(3)  Makes a material misstatement in the application for or renewal of the license; or

(4)  Commits any act that would disqualify the qualifying agent.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-10

  • 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.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • License: means any license required by this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-2
  • Local licensing authority: means the town councils of license boards of the several towns, the mayor and city council or license bureau of a city. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-2

(b)  After the licensee has exhausted the right of appeal or, if the licensee does not seek a hearing, the licensee shall immediately cease to operate the business for the time period provided in the order of suspension or permanently in the case of revocation and shall notify all of its clients of the revocation or suspension and maintain a copy of the notices in its business records.

(c)  Under circumstances in which the local licensing authority determines that the public health, welfare, or safety may be jeopardized by the termination of a licensee’s services, that local licensing authority may, upon the authority’s own motion or upon application by the licensee or any party affected by the termination, extend the time for the termination of the licensee’s operations, subject to any reasonable, necessary, and proper conditions or restrictions that the authority deems appropriate.

History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 479, § 2; P.L. 2019, ch. 308, art. 1, § 4.