§ 5-11.1-3. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Department� means the department of business regulation.
(2) "Director� means the director of the department of business regulation.
(3) "Event permit� means a permit that a city or town issues to the organizer of a public
mobile food establishment event located on public property.
(4) "Fire safety code� shall have the meaning set forth in chapter 28.1 of title 23 and shall include any regulations promulgated thereunder.
(5) "Mobile food establishment� means a food service operation that is operated from a
movable motor-driven or propelled vehicle, portable structure, or watercraft that
can change location. Mobile food establishments specifically includes, but is not
limited to, food trucks, food carts, ice-cream trucks/carts, and lemonade trucks/carts.
(6) "Mobile food establishment event� means an event where an individual has ordered or
commissioned the operation of one or more mobile food establishments at a private
or public gathering.
(7) "Mobile food establishment operator� or "operator� means a person or corporate entity
who or that owns, manages, or controls, or who or that has the duty to manage or control,
the operation of a mobile food establishment.
(8) "Mobile food establishment vendor� or "vendor� means a person who prepares, sells,
cooks, or serves food or beverages from a mobile food establishment.
(9) "Municipal mobile food establishment permit� means a permit issued by a city or town
to a mobile food establishment operator that possesses a current state mobile food
establishment registration.
(10) "Registrant� means the holder of a "state mobile food establishment registration.�
(11) "RIDOH� means the Rhode Island department of health.
(12) "State mobile food establishment registration� or "registration� means a registration
issued by the department which authorizes a mobile food establishment to operate in
the state.
(13) "Temporary mass gathering�:
(i) Means an actual or reasonably anticipated assembly of five hundred (500) or more people
that continues, or reasonably can be expected to continue, for two (2) or more hours
per day; or an event that requires a more extensive review to protect public health
and safety because the event's nature or conditions have the potential of generating
environmental or health risks.
(ii) Includes, but is not limited to, "special events� as defined in the food code regulations
promulgated by RIDOH, and festivals and concerts.
(iii) Shall not include an assembly of people at a location with permanent facilities designed
for that specific assembly.