{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-10-7","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-10-7","heading":"License required for practice.","body":"No person shall practice barbering, hairdressing, and cosmetic therapy, esthetics, or manicuring in this state unless the person has first obtained a license for that particular practice; provided, that nothing in this chapter prohibits students enrolled in programs of hairdressing, barbering, and/or cosmetology from entering into work-study arrangements after they have completed the requisite hours of classroom instruction for that particular practice. Students participating in those work-study arrangements shall be under the direct supervision of a licensed hairdresser, barber, or cosmetologist, and shall be clearly identified as students. No course credit shall be granted for this students’ participation in a work-study arrangement and in no event shall it continue beyond the students’ graduation from school or completion of course work.","path":["Title 5 Businesses and Professions","Chapter 10 Barbers, Hairdressers, Cosmeticians, Manicurists and Estheticians"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE5/5-10/5-10-7.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:18:13Z","sha256":"fe845a14e643d83c1373eeaff28dfa2b2f7dc8ac8fe5faf6eff6c6c85f885b99","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-10-6","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-10-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}