R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-49-13: Prohibited acts and practices.

No person shall:

(1) Sell, barter, or offer to sell or barter, a license;

(2) Purchase or procure by barter a license with intent to use it as evidence of the holder’s qualifications to practice the fitting and sale of hearing aids;

(3) Alter a license with fraudulent intent;

(4) Use or attempt to use as a valid license a license that has been purchased, fraudulently obtained, counterfeited, or materially altered;

(5) Willfully make a false statement in an application for license or application for renewal of a license.