R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-63.2-19

A licensed clinical mental health counselor and/or licensed marriage and family therapist who does not intend to continue his or her licensure, upon written request to the administrator of professional regulation, may have his or her name transferred to an inactive list, and shall not be required to pay the renewal fee as long as he or she remains inactive. Should he or she wish to resume functioning as a licensed clinical mental health counselor and/or licensed marriage and family therapist, he or she shall notify the administrator of professional regulation and shall remit his or her renewal fee and his or her license shall be reinstated.