When any authorized inspector shall inspect an elevator, or any other device subject to the provisions of this chapter, the inspector shall immediately make a report of the inspection to the administrator, and if the elevator or device is adjudged to conform in all respects with the code of rules, the administrator, upon payment of a fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00), shall issue to the owner of the elevator or device a certificate stating the date of the issue of the certificate, which shall be renewable annually, but shall be valid until revoked.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-33-13