§ 5-32-1 Definitions
§ 5-32-2 Penalty for unlicensed practice
§ 5-32-3 Certificates – Applications – Penalty for violations
§ 5-32-4 Qualifications of applicants
§ 5-32-5
§ 5-32-6 Examination of applicants – Expiration and renewal of certificates
§ 5-32-7 Certification of licensees from other states
§ 5-32-8
§ 5-32-9 Fixed place of business – Sanitary regulation
§ 5-32-10 Advertising
§ 5-32-11 Display of licenses – Revocation or suspension of licenses for gross unprofessional misconduct
§ 5-32-12 Appeals from division
§ 5-32-13 Annual renewal of certificates
§ 5-32-14
§ 5-32-15 Receipts
§ 5-32-16 Physicians exempt from chapter
§ 5-32-17
§ 5-32-18
§ 5-32-19 Apprenticeship register
§ 5-32-20 Qualifications for teaching electrolysis
§ 5-32-21 Practice of laser hair removal

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 5-32 - Electrolysis and Laser Hair Removal

  • Actuary: means the actuary selected from time to time and employed by the board in accordance with chapter 8 of this title. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-10.2-3
  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Agency: includes any executive office, department, division, board, commission, or other office or officer in the executive branch of the government. See Rhode Island General Laws 37-2.3-3
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Any person within his or her family: means a spouse and any dependent children of any public official or public employee as well as a person who is related to any public official or public employee, whether by blood, adoption or marriage, as any of the following: father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, halfbrother or halfsister;

    (2)  "Business" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, firm, corporation, holding company, joint stock company, receivership, trust, or any other entity recognized in law through which business for profit or not for profit is conducted;

    (3)  "Business associate" means a person joined together with another person to achieve a common financial objective;

    (4)  "Employees of state and local government, of boards, commissions and agencies" means any full time or part time employees in the classified, nonclassified and unclassified service of the state or of any city or town within the state, any individuals serving in any appointed state or municipal position, and any employees of any public or quasi-public state or municipal board, commission, or corporation;

    (5)  "Governmental function" means any action that is public in nature and is performed for the common good of all the people;

    (6)  "Open and public process" means the open solicitation for bids or proposals from the general public by public announcement or public advertising followed by a public disclosure of all bids or proposals considered and contracts awarded;

    (7)  "Person" means an individual or a business entity;

    (8)(i)  "State agency" means any department, division, agency, commission, board, office, bureau, authority, or quasi-public authority within Rhode Island, either branch of the Rhode Island general assembly, or an agency or committee thereof, the judiciary, or any other agency that is in any branch of Rhode Island state government and which exercises governmental functions other than in an advisory nature;

    (ii)  "Municipal agency" means any department, division, agency, commission, board, office, bureau, authority, quasi-public authority, or school, fire or water district within Rhode Island other than a state agency and any other agency that is in any branch of municipal government and exercises governmental functions other than in an advisory nature;

    (9)  "State or municipal appointed official" means any officer or member of a state or municipal agency as defined herein who is appointed for a term of office specified by the constitution or a statute of this state or a charter or ordinance of any city or town or who is appointed by or through the governing body or highest official of state or municipal government;

    (10)  "State or municipal elected official" means any person holding any elective public office pursuant to a general or special election;

    (11)  A person's natural child, adopted child, or stepchild is his or her "dependent child" during a calendar year if the person provides over fifty percent (50%) of the child's support during the year;

    (12)  A person "represents" him or herself before a state or municipal agency if he or she participates in the presentation of evidence or arguments before that agency for the purpose of influencing the judgment of the agency in his or her own favor;

    (13)  A person "represents" another person before a state or municipal agency if he or she is authorized by that other person to act, and does in fact act, as that other person's attorney at law or his or her attorney in fact in the presentation of evidence or arguments before that agency for the purpose of influencing the judgment of the agency in favor of that other person. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-14-2

  • 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.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Auctioneer: shall mean a business or organization that conducts an electronic reverse auction. See Rhode Island General Laws 37-2-15
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • board: means the retirement board of the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Rhode Island as defined in chapter 8 of this title. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-10.2-3
  • board: shall mean the retirement board of the Employees Retirement System of Rhode Island as defined in chapter 8 of this title. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-10.3-1
  • Business entity: means a sole proprietorship, partnership, firm, corporation, holding company, joint stock company, receivership, trust, or any other entity recognized in law through which business for profit is conducted. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-14.1-1
  • Casual employees: shall mean those persons hired for an occasional period to perform special jobs or functions not necessarily related to the work performed by the regular employees in the collective bargaining unit. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-11-1.1
  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • commission: means the state investment commission as defined in § 35-10-1. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-10.3-1
  • Compensation: means compensation as defined in § 36-8-1(8). See Rhode Island General Laws 36-10.3-1
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Credit bureau: An agency that collects individual credit information and sells it for a fee to creditors so they can make a decision on granting loans. Typical clients include banks, mortgage lenders, credit card companies, and other financing companies. (Also commonly referred to as consumer-reporting agency or credit-reporting agency.) Source: OCC
  • Crime related to public office or public employment: shall mean any of the following criminal offenses:

    (1)  The committing, aiding, or abetting of an embezzlement of public funds;

    (2)  The committing, aiding, or abetting of any felonious theft by a public officer or employee from his or her employer;

    (3)  Bribery in connection with employment of a public officer or employee; and

    (4)  The committing of any felony by a public officer or employee who, willfully and with the intent to defraud, realizes or obtains, or attempts to realize or obtain, a profit, gain, or advantage for himself or herself or for some other person through the use or attempted use of the power, rights, privileges, duties, or position of his or her public office or employment position. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-10.1-2

  • Cross examine: Questioning of a witness by the attorney for the other side.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Electrologist: means a person who is licensed by the department of health to perform electrolysis and/or laser hair removal. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-32-1
  • 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
  • Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) Source: OCC
  • Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC
  • Employee: means an employee as defined in §§ 36-8-1(9) and 45-21-2(7) and a teacher as defined in § 16-16-1(12), effective July 1, 2012; provided however, effective July 1, 2015, "employee" shall not include any employee with twenty (20) or more years of total service as of June 30, 2012, in the employees retirement system under chapters 8 through 10 of title 36 or chapter 16 of Title 16 (ERS), or the municipal employees retirement system under chapter 21 of Title 45 (MERS). See Rhode Island General Laws 36-10.3-1
  • Employer: means the State of Rhode Island or the local municipality which employs a member of the Employees Retirement System under chapters 8 through 10 of title 36 or chapter 16 of Title 16 (ERS) or the Municipal Employees Retirement System under chapters 21 and 21. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-10.3-1
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Evaluated bid price: shall mean the dollar amount of a bid, after bid price adjustments are made pursuant to objective measurable criteria, set forth in the invitation for bids, which affect the economy and effectiveness in the operation or use of the product, such as reliability, maintainability, useful life, and residual value. See Rhode Island General Laws 37-2-15
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Funded percentage: means the percentage equal to a fraction- the numerator of which is the actuarial value of the plan's assets, as determined by the actuary, and the denominator of which is the accrued liability of the plan, determined by the actuary using actuarial assumptions approved by the board. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-10.2-3
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
  • 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
  • Invitation for bids: shall mean all documents, whether attached or incorporated by reference, utilized for soliciting bids in accordance with the procedures set forth in § 37-2-18 and § 37-2-18. See Rhode Island General Laws 37-2-15
  • 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.
  • Laser: means the acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-32-1
  • Laser hair removal: means using laser light to perform hair removal or reduction or electrolysis performed with laser light. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-32-1
  • Laser light: means an intense, coherent, directional beam of light produced by stimulated emission of photons. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-32-1
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • magistrate: may be construed to mean a justice, or a clerk acting as a justice, of a district court. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • Major decision-making position: means the executive or administrative head or heads of a state agency, whether elected or appointed or serving as an employee and all members of the judiciary, both state and municipal. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-14-2
  • Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
  • Medical director: means a Rhode Island licensed physician. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-32-1
  • Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • oath: includes affirmation; the word "sworn" includes affirmed; and the word "engaged" includes either sworn or affirmed. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-11
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means natural persons as well as corporations, partnerships, business units, and associations;

    (2)  "Public agency" means any and all other public bodies, authorities, officers, agencies, or instrumentalities, whether exercising a governmental or proprietary function;

    (i)  The state and its departments, boards, commissions and agencies;

    (ii)  Cities, towns, school districts, and any other governmental unit or district; or

    (iii)  Any and all other public bodies, authorities, officers, agencies, or instrumentalities, whether exercising a governmental or proprietary function;

    (3)  "Public works" means steel to construct, frame or reinforce any public structure, building, highway, waterway, street, bridge, transit system, airport, or other betterment, work, or improvement, whether of a permanent or temporary nature, and whether for governmental or proprietary use;

    (4)  "Steel products" means products rolled, formed, shaped, drawn, extruded, forged, cast, fabricated, or otherwise similarly processed, or processed by a combination of two or more of these operations, from steel made in the United States by the open hearth, basic oxygen, electric furnace, Bessemer, or other steel making process; and

    (5)  "United States" means the United States of America and includes all territory, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 37-2.1-5

  • Person: includes an individual, institution, federal, state, or local governmental entity, or any other public or private entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 37-2.3-3
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • physical or mental impairment: shall mean any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one or more of the following body systems: neurological; musculoskeletal; special sense organs; respiratory, including speech organs; cardiovascular; reproductive; digestive; genito-urinary; hemic and lymphatic; skin; and endocrine; or any mental psychological disorder, such as mental retardation, organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental illness, and specific learning disabilities. See Rhode Island General Laws 37-2.2-2
  • Plan: means the retirement plan established by this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-10.3-1
  • plans: means any plan or plans that are part of the following public retirement systems: the Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island (ERS); the Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island (MERS); the Rhode Island State Police Retirement Benefits Trust (SPRBT); and the Rhode Island Judicial Retirement Benefits Trust (JRBT). See Rhode Island General Laws 36-10.2-3
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Procurement official: means an elected or appointed state official or employee who has the authority to make decisions concerning the purchasing of goods or services for a state agency or who has supervisory authority over the person empowered to make decisions concerning the purchase of goods or services for the state agency. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-14.1-1
  • public employee: shall mean any current or former state or municipal elected official as defined in § 36-14-2(10), state or municipal appointed official as defined in § 36-14-2(4), and any employee of state or local government, of boards, commissions or agencies as defined in § 36-14-2(8)(i), (ii), who is otherwise entitled to receive or who is receiving retirement benefits under this title, under title 16, under title 45, under title 8, under chapter 30 of Title 28, under chapter 43 of Title 31, or under chapter 28 of Title 42, whether that person is acting on a permanent or temporary basis and whether or not compensated on a full-time or part-time basis. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-10.1-2
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • public safety member: shall mean a member of MERS who is a municipal fire fighter or a municipal policeman or policewoman as defined in § 45-21. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-10.3-1
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Regular member: means :

    (i)  An employee who is a member of ERS other than correctional officers as defined in § 36-10-9. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-10.3-1

  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Request for proposals: shall mean all documents, whether attached or incorporated by reference, utilized for soliciting proposals in accordance with the procedures set forth in this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 37-2-15
  • Request for qualifications: shall mean all documents, whether attached or incorporated by reference, utilized for soliciting qualifications of offerors prior to or during the solicitation of bids or proposals. See Rhode Island General Laws 37-2-15
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Reverse Auction: shall mean a bid competition where the lowest responsive and responsible bidder wins the auction. See Rhode Island General Laws 37-2-15
  • seal: shall be construed to include an impression of the seal made with or without the use of wax or wafer on the paper. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-15
  • Seasonal employees: shall mean those persons employed in positions which are part of an annual job employment program. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-11-1.1
  • Services: includes , with respect to a private contractor, all aspects of the provision of services provided by a private contractor pursuant to a privatization contract, or any services provided by a subcontractor of a private contractor. See Rhode Island General Laws 37-2.3-3
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Small disadvantaged businesses owned and controlled by persons with disabilities: shall mean small business concern, which is at least fifty-one percent (51%) owned by one or more person(s) with disabilities or, in the case of a publicly owned business, at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the stock of which is owned by one or more disabled person, whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more person(s) with disabilities, and have fifty or fewer employees. See Rhode Island General Laws 37-2.2-2
  • State agency: means a branch, department, division, agency, commission, board, office, bureau, or authority of the government of the state of Rhode Island. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-14.1-1
  • State vendor: means :

    (i)  A person or business entity that sells goods or provides services to any state agency;

    (ii)  A person or business entity which has an ownership interest of ten percent (10%) or more in a business entity that sells goods or provides services to any state agency; or

    (iii)  A business entity that is a parent or subsidiary of a business entity that sells goods or provides services to any state agency. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-14.1-1

  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Supplemental employer: includes any employer that provides supplemental contributions to the defined contribution retirement plan as provided in § 36-10. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-10.3-1
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
  • town council: include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8