R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-35-21: Admissibility of medical and wage records.

(a) The certified copy of the record of a licensed healthcare facility as defined in chapter 17 of title 23 or of any healthcare provider or medical personnel licensed to practice under title 5 shall be admissible as evidence in any workers’ compensation proceeding. The determination of the admissibility of this evidence shall be made pursuant to the provisions of §§ 9-19-27 and 9-19-39 and the Rhode Island Rules of Evidence.

(b) The contents of wage records of a claimant employee signed by his or her employer or by the person having charge of those records may be admitted in evidence in any workers’ compensation proceeding.