{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-10-20","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-10-20","heading":"Electrolysis not permitted by license.","body":"No license issued under any of the provisions of this chapter shall be construed to authorize, as a part of the practice of hairdressing and cosmetic therapy, the practice of “electrolysis,” which, for the purpose of this chapter, is defined as the insertion of an electrically heated instrument at the root of a hair to prevent the growth of the hair.","path":["Title 5 Businesses and Professions","Chapter 10 Barbers, Hairdressers, Cosmeticians, Manicurists and Estheticians"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE5/5-10/5-10-20.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:18:13Z","sha256":"a99d3b85de5bb7b73b84118da5ec5f4c402fe2ba1bd6f16d7599f673e33048f7","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-10-19","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-10-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}