§ 21-9-2 - License required. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 21-9-2

   § 21-9-2  License required. – It shall be unlawful for any person to directly or indirectly manufacture,sell, distribute, receive for distribution, or hold in his or her possession orcontrol any frozen dessert or frozen dessert mix for distribution, sale, orresale without first obtaining a license to do so from the director of health.Application for a license shall be filed with the director of health on formsprescribed and furnished by the director. The application shall include, amongother things, the location of each plant at which frozen desserts and/or frozendessert mixes are to be manufactured into a form for distribution, sale, orresale and the brand name or names, if any, under which they are to bedistributed, sold, or resold. In order to set the license renewal dates so thatall activities for each establishment can be combined on one license instead ofon several licenses, the department of health shall set the license renewaldate. The license period shall be for twelve (12) months, commencing on thelicense renewal date, and the license fee shall be at the full annual rateregardless of the date of application or the date of issuance of license. Ifthe license renewal date is changed, the department may make an adjustment tothe fees of licensed establishments, not to exceed the annual license fee, inorder to implement the change in license renewal date.