Rhode Island § 28-29-8 - Workers’ Compensation — General Provisions

§ 28-29-8. Election by exempt employers to be subject to law.

(a) Employers exempted by § 28-29-7 may come within chapters 29 — 38 of this title by election. The election on the part of the employer shall be made by filing with the director a written statement to the effect that the employer accepts the provisions of those chapters. The filing of this statement shall operate to subject the employer to the provisions of those chapters and all acts amending those chapters for the term of one year from the date of the filing of the statement, and after that, without further act on the employer’s part, for successive terms of one year each, unless the employer shall, at least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of that first or any succeeding year file with the director a notice, in writing, to the effect that the employer withdraws the election to be subject to the provisions of those chapters, and gives reasonable notice of this to the employer’s workers; provided, that any employer now subject to the provisions of those chapters shall not be required to file a further written statement of acceptance or subsequently post notices of the employer’s acceptance.

(b) Any employer, including any corporation officer, who or that is on December 31, 1998, subject to the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title and who has not waived coverage pursuant to § 28-29-17 or by election, shall continue to be subject to those chapters and amendments to them unless or until the employer withdraws, in writing, the employer’s election to be subject to the provisions of those chapters pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.