R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-20-9
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§ 5-20-9. Acts for which journeypersons license required.
Official statutory text
No person shall engage to work as a journeyperson plumber, journeyperson irrigator, journeyperson water-filtration/treatment-system installer or represent in any form or manner that he or she is a journeyperson plumber, journeyperson irrigator, journeyperson water-filtration/treatment-system installer, unless that person possesses and carries on his or her person at all times while engaged, a certificate of license in full force and effect from the department of labor and training specifying that person as a journeyperson plumber, journeyperson irrigator, or journeyperson water-filtration/treatment-system installer employed by the properly licensed master-permit holder.
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