R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-29-42
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§ 5-29-42. Continuation of omitted regulatory statutes.
Official statutory text
The omission of this chapter as a citation of any general law or public law now in force that makes it mandatory under or permissive for any department, division, or other agency of the state to perform certain functions that by this chapter are assigned or transferred to the department of health or board of examiners in podiatry does not, unless clearly intended, suspend or annul the right of the department of health or board of examiners in podiatry to carry out those functions.
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