R.I. Gen. Laws § 4-8-2

No person, firm, association, or corporation shall buy milk or cream in the state from producers for consumption or for manufacture in the state, unless that business is regularly transacted at an office or station in the state and unless that person, firm, association, or corporation is licensed as provided in this chapter. Every person, firm, association, or corporation, before engaging or continuing in the business of buying milk or cream for the stated purposes, shall annually, on or before June 1st, file an application with the director of environmental management for a license to transact that business. The application shall state the nature of the business, the full name of the person or corporation applying for the license, and, if the applicant is a firm or association, the full name of each member of that firm, or association, the city or town and street number at which the business is to be conducted, and any other facts as the director prescribes. The applicant shall further satisfy the director of his, her, or its character, financial responsibility and good faith in seeking to carry on the business.