Section 28-31.1-2 - Parties to appeals involving fund(a) In any appeal taken under chapters 29 - 38 of this title which involves the state employees' compensation fund, the director shall be a necessary party.(b) In every case where payments are ordered made from the state employees' compensation fund, the director shall receive a notice of the order and he or she shall have the right to claim an appeal from the order, if, in his or her opinion, the director believes that the decision is not proper or that the fund is in danger of unwarranted depletion.R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-31.1-2
P.L. 1994, ch. 101, § 3; P.L. 1994, ch. 401, § 4.