R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-20-14: Duties of director.

The director of the department of labor and training shall:

(1) Prepare license certificates and issue them in conformity with this chapter;

(2) Maintain an up-to-date record specifying the names and addresses of licensed master plumbers and journeyperson plumbers or master irrigators or journeyperson irrigators or master water-filtration/treatment-system installers or journeyperson water-filtration/treatment-system installers of this state. That record shall show dates of issuance of licenses and shall be open to public inspection. Those records shall also show dates of filing of complaints and the nature of those complaints for revocation of license and the date of, as well as the final order upon, those complaints; and

(3) Prescribe standards for what constitutes a recognized college or university, and determine the conformance to those standards.