§ 5-5.1-21 - Licensee business procedures. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 5-5.1-21

   § 5-5.1-21  Licensee business procedures.– (a) Any licensee shall, on notice from the attorney general, discontinue anyadvertising or the use of any advertisement, seal or card, which in the opinionof the attorney general tends to mislead the public. Failure to comply withthis order of the attorney general is cause for revocation of the license.

   (b) No licensee shall, by the use of any letterhead,advertisement, or other printed matter, or in any manner, represent that he orshe is an instrumentality or agency of the federal government or of the stateor political subdivision of the state.

   (2) No licensee shall conduct a business under a trade nameuntil he or she has obtained the written authorization of the attorney generalto do so. The attorney general shall not authorize the use of a trade namewhich, in his or her opinion, is similar to that of a public office or agency,or of that used by another licensee that the public may be confused or misledby the trade name, except that this provision does not apply to the continueduse of a trade name by a corporation that:

   (i) Was commercially using that trade name in good faith onDecember 31, 1987; and

   (ii) Had commercially used that trade name in good faithcontinuously for a period of more than one year prior to December 31, 1987.

   (3) The authorization shall require, as a condition precedentto the use of the name, the filing of a certificate of doing business under thename with the city or town clerk of the city or town where the licensee'sprincipal place of business is located and with the secretary of state in themanner provided by law.