2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
CHAPTER 5-50 - Health Clubs
§ 5-50-3 - Bonding.

SECTION 5-50-3

   § 5-50-3  Bonding. – (a) Prior to the execution of any contract for health club services, every seller which sells contracts for health club services shall, for each individual health club location or facility shall obtain a surety bond in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for a facility with less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet of permanently covered non-court sport exercise/aerobic itness area; twenty thousand ($20,000) for facilities between ten thousand (10,000) square feet and twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet of permanently covered non-court sport exercise/aerobic itness area; and thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for facilities with greater than twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet of permanently covered non-court sport exercise/aerobic itness area.

   (b) Proof of bonding must be presented at the time of registration or re-registration.

   (c) This section does not apply to:

   (1) Any owner/operator in continuous operation in the same location for five (5) years as of January 1, 1998;

   (2) Non-profit organizations, weight loss and control services which do not provide physical exercise facilities and classes, and which do not obligate the customer for more than thirty (30) days, and which do not require an initiation fee as a condition of the contract; or

   (3) A seller which does not require an initiation fee as a condition of a health club contract and whose only type of membership does not exceed thirty (30) days and which posts a conspicuous notice, placed with or near its schedule of rates posted pursuant to § 5-50-8(b) or at its entrances, that the seller is not subject to the bonding requirements of this section.