§ 23-1-20 - Compliance order. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 23-1-20

   § 23-1-20  Compliance order. – Whenever the director determines that there are reasonable grounds to believethat there is a violation of any law administered by him or her or of any ruleor regulation adopted pursuant to authority granted to him or her, the directormay give notice of the alleged violation to the person responsible for it. Thenotice shall be in writing, shall set forth the alleged violation, shallprovide for a time within which the alleged violation shall be remedied, andshall inform the person to whom it is directed that a written request for ahearing on the alleged violation may be filed with the director within ten (10)days after service of the notice. The notice will be deemed properly servedupon a person if a copy of the notice is served upon him or her personally, orsent by registered or certified mail to the last known address of that person,or if that person is served with notice by any other method of service now orlater authorized in a civil action under the laws of this state. If no writtenrequest for a hearing is made to the director within ten (10) days of theservice of notice, the notice shall automatically become a compliance order.