R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-22-14: Constitutionality.

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this chapter is for any reason judged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, that judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this chapter but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this chapter directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.