2013 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 5-44 - Psychologists
Section 5-44-21 - Penalty for violations.
§ 5-44-21 Penalty for violations. – (a) It is a misdemeanor for any person, in offering his or her services to the public, to:
(1) Use in connection with his or her name any designation tending to imply that he or she is a psychologist, or any description of services tending to imply that he or she is engaged in the practice of psychology or to render services defined as the practice of psychology, unless licensed or exempted under the provisions of this chapter;
(2) Use in connection with his or her name any designation tending to imply that he or she is a psychologist, or to render services defined as the practice of psychology, during the time his or her license issued under the provision of this chapter is suspended or revoked;
(3) Otherwise violate any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.
(b) All these misdemeanors shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1969, ch. 233, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 469, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 303, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 416, § 1.)
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