R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-12-4.4

The director of labor and training shall by regulations define and delimit the employees designated in § 28-12-4.3. Before any regulation is adopted, amended, or repealed, there shall be a public hearing on it at which all persons in favor of or opposed to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of the regulation may be heard. Notice of the public hearing shall be published at least once not less than twenty (20) days prior to the hearing in a newspaper or newspapers having aggregate general circulation throughout the state. A record shall be made of all proceedings at the public hearing.