R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-12-15: Hindering enforcement — Failure to carry out administrative requirements.

Any employer who or that: (1) Hinders or delays the director of labor and training, or his or her authorized representative, in the performance of his or her duties in the enforcement of this chapter; (2) Refuses to admit the director of labor and training, or his or her authorized representative, to any place of employment; (3) Fails to make, keep, and preserve any records as required under the provisions of this chapter; (4) Falsifies any record; (5) Refuses to make any record accessible to the director of labor and training, or his or her authorized representative, upon demand; (6) Refuses to furnish a sworn statement of the record or any other information required for the proper enforcement of this chapter to the director of labor and training, or his or her authorized representative, upon demand; or (7) Fails to post a summary of this chapter or a copy of any applicable regulation or order as required by § 28-12-11, shall be deemed in violation of this chapter and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.