R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-10-9.1: License portability.

Notwithstanding any general law, special law, public law, or rule or regulation to the contrary, any licensed barber, hairdresser, cosmetician, manicurist, or esthetician who operates as an independent contractor at any “hair-design shop” licensed pursuant to § 5-10-15, shall be permitted to relocate, without obtaining a new license, to another licensed hair-design shop once during the term of their one-year license issued by the department of health.