{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-19-14.8-33","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 19-14.8-33","heading":"Administrative remedies.","body":"(a) The director may enforce this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter by taking one or more of the following actions:\n(1) Ordering a provider or a director, employee, or other agent of a provider to cease and desist from any violations;\n(2) Ordering a provider or a person who or that has caused a violation to correct the violation, including making restitution of money or property to a person aggrieved by a violation;\n(3) Subject to adjustment of the dollar amount pursuant to § 19-14.8-32(f), imposing on a provider or a person who or that has caused a violation a civil penalty not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation;\n(4) Prosecuting a civil action to:\n(A) Enforce an order; or\n(B) Obtain restitution or an injunction or other equitable relief, or both;\n(5) Intervening in an action brought under § 19-14.8-35.\n(b) Subject to adjustment of the dollar amount pursuant to § 19-14.8-32(f), if a person violates or knowingly authorizes, directs, or aids in the violation of a final order issued under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2), the director may impose a civil penalty not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for each violation.\n(c) The director may maintain an action to enforce this chapter in any county.\n(d) The director may recover the reasonable costs of enforcing the chapter under subsections (a) — (c), including attorney’s fees based on the hours reasonably expended and the hourly rates for attorneys of comparable experience in the community.\n(e) In determining the amount of a civil penalty to impose under subsection (a) or (b), the director shall consider the seriousness of the violation; the good faith of the violator; any previous violations by the violator; the deleterious effect of the violation on the public; the net worth of the violator; and any other factor the director considers relevant to the determination of the civil penalty.","path":["Title 19 Financial Institutions","Chapter 14.8 Uniform Debt-Management Services Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE19/19-14.8/19-14.8-33.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:14Z","sha256":"7f98146f223d4ee324202d8379fb8b602180551ff12bc30a0ed07f9bd5952b45","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-19-14.8-32","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-19-14.8-34"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}