Title 5
Businesses and Professions

Chapter 63.2
Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists

R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-63.2-23

§ 5-63.2-23. Penalties for violations.

(a) It is a misdemeanor for any person, in offering his or her services to the public to:

(1) Use in connection with his or her name any designation tending to imply that he or she is a licensed clinical mental health counselor and/or licensed marriage and family therapist unless licensed under the provisions of this chapter;

(2) Use in connection with his or her name any designation tending to imply that he or she is a licensed clinical mental health counselor and/or licensed marriage and family therapist during the time his or her license issued under the provisions of this chapter is suspended or revoked; or

(3) Violate any of the provisions of this chapter.

(b) All the misdemeanors shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense.

History of Section.
P.L. 1996, ch. 85, § 2.