R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-9-5: Prosecution of other process.

The attorney general shall commence and prosecute to final judgment and execution those other legal or equitable processes, and shall perform those other duties that are or may be required of the attorney general by law; except insofar as the attorney general may have been required to act as the legal officer of the department of health, those functions are hereby transferred to the chief counsel of the division of legal services of the department of health.