Rhode Island § 28-47-7 - Workers’ Compensation — Group Self-Insurance
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§ 28-47-7. Workers’ Compensation — Group Self-Insurance
R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-47-7
§ 28-47-7. Classification of group self-insurers.
(a) The director shall administer all matters relating to group self-insurance under this chapter.
(b) The director shall assign each group self-insurer, qualified under this chapter to one of the following groups:
(1) Manufacturing and trade;
(2) Transportation, public utilities, and construction;
(3) Service industry;
(4) Hospitals licensed under the provisions of the healthcare facility licensing act of Rhode Island that are subject to the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title, and nonbusiness corporations not including educational institutions to which the provisions of chapter 6 of title 7 apply that are subject to the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title and that are operated for the benefit of and in connection with any one or more of the hospitals; or
(5) Miscellaneous.
History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 3, § 1.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 28-47-7 ("Workers’ Compensation — Group Self-Insurance") is part of the Rhode Island General Laws, the codified statutory law of Rhode Island. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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