Every holder of a nursing assistant certificate of registration shall register biennially by making application to the department on forms provided by the agency. The renewals shall be granted as a matter of course, upon payment of a fee as set forth in § 23-1-54 unless the agency finds that the applicant has acted or failed to act in a manner under the circumstances that would constitute grounds for suspension or revocation of a certificate of registration.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17.9-7