R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-16-2

Each seller, builder, and/or erector of bomb shelters, so-called, shall register his or her name and place of business with the state department of transportation and furnish it with the specifications of those bomb shelters and a copy of the statement referred to in § 30-16-1, and if the department finds that if those specifications are followed the bomb shelter will afford the degree of protection claimed in that statement, then the department shall issue to that seller, builder, and/or erector, as the case may be, a permit to sell, build, and/or erect the bomb shelter described in those specifications.