R.I. Gen. Laws § 27-46-15: Severability.

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this chapter or the application of this chapter to any person or circumstances shall, for any reason, be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this chapter, and the application of the chapter to other persons or circumstances, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of it directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment shall have been rendered and to the person or circumstances involved.