R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-4.1-9

If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this chapter or of § 21-2-8 or 21-2-12 shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of it, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph or part directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment shall have been rendered.