Any attorney-at-law or any person authorized by law to practice accountancy may represent any employer in any hearings or other proceedings before the Director. Such person must officially enter his or her appearance with the Director.
Any party may request a hearing officer to issue a subpoena duces tecum or the hearing officer may do so on his or her own motion. Said request shall set forth, in detail, the information sought, the relevance thereof, and the reasonableness of the scope of the subpoena. The party requesting the issuance of said subpoena shall have the burden of showing the relevance and reasonableness of the scope of the subpoena. A subpoena duces tecum may be quashed after its issuance if it is subsequently determined that the matters sought to be adduced are not relevant or the subpoena is not reasonable in scope.
260 R.I. Code R. § 260-RICR-40-05-1.16