Rhode Island — statewide
Rhode Island Department of Health, Center for Food Protection
In short
Rhode Island Department of Health, Center for Food Protection issues 2 permits we publish for Rhode Island — statewide, last verified 2026-09-04. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certified Food Protection Manager | Rhode Island Department of Health, Center for Food Protection | $50 to apply; renewal is $50 | 3 years | 2026-09-04 |
| Food Establishment License | Rhode Island Department of Health, Center for Food Protection | $160–$240 a year for a restaurant, banded by seating | annual — 12 months from the registration renewal date | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Certified Food Protection Manager
Every establishment preparing time-and-temperature-controlled food must employ at least one full-time, on-site manager certified in food safety — this is a genuine per-establishment staffing requirement rather than an optional path among several. Fifty dollars to apply after passing an approved examination, renewed every three years for the same $50. There is no separate general food handler card requirement layered on top; the manager credential is the whole of the state's individual food safety requirement.
Food Establishment License
A restaurant with fifty seats or fewer pays $160 a year; more than fifty seats, $240. The fee schedule reaches well beyond restaurants with its own bands for other categories — a mobile food unit is $100, a retail market runs from $120 up to $510 depending on how many cash registers it operates, and a food processor is $120 retail or $300 wholesale. A first-time application is pro-rated to the date of issuance rather than charged the full annual rate regardless of timing. Food businesses run by a nonprofit, hospital, public institution, farmers market, roadside farm stand or municipality are exempt from the fee outright, as is an establishment already holding a qualifying Class C liquor license.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Rhode Island — statewide
- Phone
- (401) 222-2750
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- 216-RICR-50-10-2 — certification of managers in food safety, fee and three-year termRhode Island Department of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Rhode Island General Laws section 21-27-10 — the twelve-month food registration periodRhode Island General Assembly · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Rhode Island General Laws section 23-1-54 — the food establishment fee tableRhode Island General Assembly · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
Other Rhode Island statewide offices
- Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division
- Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training, Division of Professional Regulation
- Rhode Island Contractors' Registration and Licensing Board
- Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation, Division of Commercial Licensing
- Rhode Island Department of Health, Board of Hairdressing and Barbering
- Rhode Island Department of Health, Board of Veterinary Medicine
- Rhode Island Department of Human Services, Office of Child Care Licensing
- Rhode Island Division of Taxation
Rhode Island jurisdictions
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