2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
CHAPTER 5-5.1 - Private Security Guard Businesses
§ 5-5.1-3 - Powers and duties of the attorney general.

SECTION 5-5.1-3

   § 5-5.1-3  Powers and duties of the attorney general. – The attorney general or his or her designee shall have general responsibility and authority for the implementation of this chapter, as subsequently provided, including, without limiting the responsibility and authority:

   (1) To process all applications for any license provided under this chapter;

   (2) To investigate the qualifications of each applicant before any license is issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and to obtain a criminal background check on any applicants from the division of criminal identification within the department of the attorney general;

   (3) To hear and decide all license applications, which includes the power to grant or deny the application and revoke or suspend the license;

   (4) To promulgate any rules and regulations that in his or her judgment are necessary to fulfill the policies of this chapter;

   (5) To investigate violations of this chapter and regulations promulgated under this chapter; and

   (6) To collect all license and registration fees imposed by law and forward the fees immediately to the general treasurer.