Rhode Island § 40-1-3 - Department of Human Services

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§ 40-1-3. Department of Human Services

R.I. Gen. Laws § 40-1-3

§ 40-1-3. Advisory committees to agencies within department.

The director of the department of human services shall be authorized to appoint advisory committees as he or she thinks appropriate to make suggestions to and to advise the various agencies within the department. The members of the committees shall serve without pay. The chairperson of each committee shall be designated by the director and shall sit ex-officio with the department advisory committee.

History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 126, § 1.

Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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