§ 5-3.1-21 - Use of card, sign, or advertisement as evidence – Single act sufficient evidence. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 5-3.1-21

   § 5-3.1-21  Use of card, sign, oradvertisement as evidence – Single act sufficient evidence. – The display or presentation of a card, sign, advertisement, or other printed,engraved, or written instrument or device bearing a person's or entity's namein conjunction with the words "certified public accountant", "certified publicaccountants", "public accountant" or "public accountants", or any abbreviationof those words, except as permitted by this chapter, is prima facie evidence inany action brought under § 5-3.1-19 or 5-3.1-20 that the person or entitywhose name is displayed caused or procured the display or presentation of thatcard, sign, advertisement, or other printed, engraved, or written instrument ordevice and that the person or entity is holding himself, herself, or itself outto the public as a certified public accountant or public accountant, or as apractice unit composed of certified public accountants and/or publicaccountants. In that action, evidence of the commission of a single actprohibited by this chapter is sufficient to justify an injunction or aconviction need not be established for that purpose.