R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-10-25

Any person employed, authorized, and empowered by the division of professional regulation may enter any shop, place of business, or establishment licensed under the provisions of this chapter during the hours the shop, place of business, establishment, or school of barbering, manicuring, or hairdressing and cosmetic therapy is open for business, for the purpose of inspecting its sanitary conditions and ascertaining if the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations for the practice of barbering, hairdressing, and cosmetic therapy as established by the division are being observed in the operation of that shop or place of business, and failure or refusal of the person in charge of that shop, place of business, establishment, or school to permit inspection at all reasonable times is deemed sufficient cause for the revocation of any license issued to that shop, place of business, or establishment and any certificate of approval issued by the division.