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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HOISTING ENGINEERS

     Introduced By: Representatives Craven, Caldwell, and Bennett

     Date Introduced: March 01, 2023

     Referred To: House Labor

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 28-26-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-26 entitled "Hoisting

Engineers" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     28-26-7. Application for license — Examination.

     (a) Each person who desires to act as a steam, internal combustion engines, electric, or

compressed air hoisting engineer shall make application to the division for a license upon a form

furnished to him or her, submit a notarized list of work experience, have possessed for at least three

(3) years prior to filing of the application, a certificate of registration in full force and effect from

the department of labor and training specifying that person as a registered apprentice hoisting

engineer and the application of that applicant is accompanied with an affidavit or affidavits of his

or her employer or former employers or other reasonably satisfactory evidence showing that the

applicant has actually been engaged in hoisting work as an apprentice hoisting engineer in the State

of Rhode Island for six thousand (6,000) hours of on the job training during a three (3) year period,

which shall include the successful completion of one hundred twenty (120) hours of related

instruction at a training program recognized by the department of labor and training, and shall pass

an examination on the construction and operation of steam, electric, internal combustion engines,

and compressed air engines and machinery. Applications for examinations must be received fifteen

(15) working days prior to the examination date.

     (b) Any person applying for a license who knowingly makes any misstatement as to his or

her work experience or other qualifications shall be subject to the penalties provided for in § 28-

26-11.

     (c) In addition to the requirements for submitting an application for examination, as

required in subsection (a) of this section, any person applying for a full license, a hydraulic crane

license, or a lattice crane license shall also be required to include a valid medical health card with

their application. A separate notarized statement shall also be attached to the application, and shall

contain all work-related experience, including all equipment trained on and/or operated.

     (d) In addition to the requirements for submitting an application for examination, as

required in subsection (a) of this section, any person applying for a construction forklift license or

a full license shall also be required to include a copy of their OSHA forklift certification with their

application.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HOISTING ENGINEERS

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     This act would amend the examination requirements for a hoisting engineers license. The

new requirements would include a department of labor and training certificate of registration for at

least three (3) years prior, and an affidavit from former employers indicating the applicant worked

as an apprentice hoisting engineer in Rhode Island for six thousand (6,000) hours over the three (3)

years, which would include one hundred twenty (120) hours of instruction at a training program

recognized by the department of labor and training.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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