R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-5.1-12
Each license shall expire two (2) years after its date of issuance. Subject to the power of the attorney general to deny, revoke, or suspend a license, any license shall be renewable by the attorney general for the next two-year (2) period upon proper application for renewal payment of license fees. An application for renewal of a license must be received by the attorney general on a form provided by him or her not less than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration date of the license. He or she shall promptly notify the licensee of his or her intent to refuse to renew the license. The licensee may, in fifteen (15) days after receipt of that notice of intent to refuse to renew a license, request a hearing on the refusal in the manner prescribed by § 5-5.1-11. A licensee shall be permitted to continue to engage in business while its renewal application is pending. Upon renewal of any license the attorney general shall issue a renewal license.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-5.1-12