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RI Gen L § 4-10-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-10 - Handling of Live Poultry|Section 4-10-12 - Bill of sale to accompany poultry in transit.

§ 4-10-12. Bill of sale to accompany poultry in transit.No person shall transport live poultry in connection with the sale from place to place upon any public highway or road in this state unless he or she has in his or her possession a bill of sale signed by the vendor or agent of that vendor and containing the vendor's address, the date of transaction, number of poultry, and/or weight, breed and price of poultry and any other information as in the discretion of the director will describe that poultry and establish specifically their proper ownership. The information shall be available at any time to the director or his or her duly authorized agent or agents.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1792, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 4-10-12.
RI Gen L § 4-10-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-10 - Handling of Live Poultry|Section 4-10-13 - Persons and organizations exempt.

§ 4-10-13. Persons and organizations exempt.This chapter shall not apply to a merchant or a producer of poultry who does not go from place to place buying, selling, and/or transporting live poultry nor shall it apply to a farmers' cooperative transporting poultry in connection with the operation of a cooperative.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1792, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 4-10-13.
RI Gen L § 4-10-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-10 - Handling of Live Poultry|Section 4-10-14 - Administrative powers of director - Rules and regulations.

§ 4-10-14. Administrative powers of director — Rules and regulations.The director has authority to administer this chapter. He or she shall make and may modify rules and regulations necessary or incidental to the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1792, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 4-10-14.
RI Gen L § 4-10-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-10 - Handling of Live Poultry|Section 4-10-15 - Enforcement - Prosecution of violations.

§ 4-10-15. Enforcement — Prosecution of violations.It is the duty of the director to enforce this chapter and to prosecute any and all persons who, in his or her opinion, are guilty of violating any of the provisions of this chapter, and the director or his or her appointed agent or agents are not required to enter into recognizance or become liable for costs. It is the duty of the attorney general to conduct the prosecution of all cases brought by the director or his or her appointed agent or agents under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1792, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 4-10-15.
RI Gen L § 4-10-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-10 - Handling of Live Poultry|Section 4-10-16 - Penalty for violations.

§ 4-10-16. Penalty for violations.Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) and for any subsequent offense by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200) or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1792, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 4-10-16.
RI Gen L § 4-11-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-11 - Psittacine Birds|Section 4-11-1 - Birds subject to chapter.

§ 4-11-1. Birds subject to chapter.Psittacine birds as referred to in this chapter include all birds known as parrots, Amazons, Mexican double heads, African grays, cockatoos, macaws, parakeets, love birds, lories, lorikeets, and all other birds of the psittacine family.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3557, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 4-11-1.
RI Gen L § 4-11-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-11 - Psittacine Birds|Section 4-11-2 - Importation permits.

§ 4-11-2. Importation permits.(a) No psittacine birds shall be shipped into Rhode Island unless a permit is obtained from the director of environmental management prior to shipment.(b) Permits shall be issued only if a request for one is accompanied by a certificate issued by a graduate, licensed veterinarian certifying that all birds on the premises from which the shipment originates are free from any symptoms of any infectious, contagious or communicable disease.(c) Requests for permits to import psittacine birds must contain the number and kind of bird to be imported, origin and date of shipment, and destination of shipment.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3557, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 4-11-2.
RI Gen L § 4-11-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-11 - Psittacine Birds|Section 4-11-3 - Records to be kept by dealers.

§ 4-11-3. Records to be kept by dealers.(a) Persons who import, purchase, breed, sell, exchange, barter, give away, or otherwise deal in psittacine birds shall keep records of each bird consisting of the following data:(1) Breeder's name and address;(2) Identifying band number;(3) Species of bird;(4) Date of transfer to new owner; and(5) Name and address of new owner.(b) These records shall be kept for a minimum period of two (2) years and be subject to inspection by the local health officer or a representative of the state department of environmental management.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3557, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 4-11-3.
RI Gen L § 4-11-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-11 - Psittacine Birds|Section 4-11-4 - Banding of birds imported, sold, or given.

§ 4-11-4. Banding of birds imported, sold, or given.All psittacine birds imported, purchased, sold, exchanged, bartered, or given away must be closed metal seamless banded with a band identifying the breeder by whom they were bred. A microchip may be used in lieu of an identifying band.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3557, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 4-11-4; P.L. 2012, ch. 61, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 95, § 1.
RI Gen L § 4-11-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-11 - Psittacine Birds|Section 4-11-5 - Banding of breeding stock.

§ 4-11-5. Banding of breeding stock.All psittacine breeding stock must be closed metal seamless banded by January 1, 1960.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3557, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 4-11-5.
RI Gen L § 4-11-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-11 - Psittacine Birds|Section 4-11-6 - Notice of intent to breed birds.

§ 4-11-6. Notice of intent to breed birds.Each person intending to breed psittacine birds shall file written notification of that intent with the local health officer and the state department of environmental management before engaging in that procedure annually each January first.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3557, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 4-11-6.
RI Gen L § 4-11-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-11 - Psittacine Birds|Section 4-11-7 - Treatment of birds exposed to psittacosis.

§ 4-11-7. Treatment of birds exposed to psittacosis.If laboratory examination confirms infection with the agent that causes psittacosis, the remaining birds shall be humanely euthanized or treated according to the most current, "Compendium Of Measures To Control Chlamydophila Psittaci Infection Among Humans (Psittacosis) And Pet Birds (Avian Chlamydiosis)," as reviewed by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, (NASPHV). The director, or the director's designee, shall oversee such treatment which shall be administered at the bird owner's expense.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3557, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 4-11-7; P.L. 2012, ch. 61, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 95, § 1.
RI Gen L § 4-11-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-11 - Psittacine Birds|Section 4-11-8 - Notice of unusual illness or deaths.

§ 4-11-8. Notice of unusual illness or deaths.It is the duty of any person having the custody or care of any birds of the psittacine family to notify the local health officer and the state department of environmental management immediately regarding any unusual illness or death among those birds.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3557, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 4-11-8.
RI Gen L § 4-11-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-11 - Psittacine Birds|Section 4-11-9 - Quarantine and destruction of nonpsittacine birds exposed to psittacosis.

§ 4-11-9. Quarantine and destruction of nonpsittacine birds exposed to psittacosis.Birds not of the psittacine family are to be regarded as dangerous when they have been exposed to psittacosis, and after that exposure shall be quarantined for three (3) weeks and killed and burned by the owner or other person in charge of those birds if they develop or appear to develop symptoms of the disease.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3557, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 4-11-9.
RI Gen L § 4-11-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-11 - Psittacine Birds|Section 4-11-10 - Indemnity for destroyed birds denied.

§ 4-11-10. Indemnity for destroyed birds denied.No indemnity will be paid the owner or other person in charge of those birds for destroyed birds.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3557, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 4-11-10.
RI Gen L § 4-11-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-11 - Psittacine Birds|Section 4-11-11 - Enforcement of chapter - Rules and regulations.

§ 4-11-11. Enforcement of chapter — Rules and regulations.The director of environmental management in cooperation with the local health officers shall carry out the provisions of this chapter. The director of environmental management is authorized to make reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3557, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 4-11-11.
RI Gen L § 4-11-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-11 - Psittacine Birds|Section 4-11-12 - Penalty for violations.

§ 4-11-12. Penalty for violations.Any person, firm, or corporation who violates any provision of this chapter shall be subject upon conviction to a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) per bird and/or loss of specimen.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3557, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 4-11-12; P.L. 1994, ch. 231, § 1.
RI Gen L § 4-11-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-11 - Psittacine Birds|Section 4-11-13 - Other laws unimpaired.

§ 4-11-13. Other laws unimpaired.No parts of this chapter shall, or are intended to, nullify any of the provisions of chapters 4 — 6 of this title or chapter 25 of title 5.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3557, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 4-11-13.
RI Gen L § 4-12-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-12 - Apiculture|Section 4-12-1 - Title.

§ 4-12-1. Title.Sections 4-12-1 — 4-12-17 shall be known as the "Rhode Island Apiculture Law".History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 495, § 2.
RI Gen L § 4-12-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-12 - Apiculture|Section 4-12-2 - Definitions.

§ 4-12-2. Definitions.As used in §§ 4-12-2 — 4-12-17 unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms mean:(1) "Abandoned colony or apiary" means any colony or apiary which is not currently registered and has not been registered within the preceding two (2) years and/or which the inspector is unable to locate the owner and is unable to inspect due to conditions within the colony which render the colony or apiary uninspectable.(2) "Apiary" means any place or location where one or more colonies or nuclei of bees are kept.(3) "Authorized official" means the state official authorized to inspect apiaries in the state of origin of bees being transported into or through the state.(4) "Beekeeper" means any individual, person, firm, association or corporation owning, possessing, or controlling one or more colonies of bees for the production of honey, beeswax, or byproducts, or for the pollination of crops for either personal or commercial use.(5) "Beekeeping equipment" means all hives, hive bodies, supers, frames, combs, bottom boards, covers, excluders, screens, escape boards, feeders, hive tools, slatted racks, or other devices or boxes or other containers which may have been used in the capturing or holding of swarms, and including honey which may be or may have been used in or on any hive, colony, nuclei or used in the rearing or manipulation of bees or their brood.(6) "Bees" means any stage of the common honey bee, apis mellifera, or other bees kept for the production of honey, wax or pollination.(7) "Colony" means the bees inhabiting a single hive, nuclei box or dwelling place.(8) "Director" means the director of the Rhode Island department of environmental management.(9) "Disease" means American foulbrood and any other infectious, contagious or communicable disease affecting bees or their brood.(10) "Eradicate" means the destruction and/or disinfection of infected and/or infested bees, equipment and/or pests by burning or by treatment approved by the state inspector.(11) "Feral colony" means an unowned or unmanaged colony of bees existing naturally.(12) "Hive" means any man-made domicile with removable frames for keeping bees.(13) "Inspector" means a person appointed by the director to check for diseased conditions or pest infestations in one or more apiaries as authorized by law.(14) "Pests" means the honey bee tracheal mite, Acarapis woodi; and the Varroa mite, Varroa jacobsoni, and any other arthropod pests detrimental to honey bees; and genetic strains of the Africanized sub species, Apis mellifera adansoni and/or Apis mellifera scutellata.(15) "Swarms" means a natural division of a colony in the process of becoming a feral colony.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 495, § 2.
RI Gen L § 4-12-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-12 - Apiculture|Section 4-12-3 - Inspector of apiaries - Deputies and assistants.

§ 4-12-3. Inspector of apiaries — Deputies and assistants.The director of environmental management shall appoint an inspector of apiaries, who shall assist in the enforcement of this chapter, under the supervision of the director. For those purposes, this inspector may, with the approval of the director, employ any deputies and assistants as may be necessary to enable the inspector to properly discharge duties as outlined.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 495, § 2.
RI Gen L § 4-12-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-12 - Apiculture|Section 4-12-4 - Inspectors - Qualification.

§ 4-12-4. Inspectors — Qualification.Any person appointed by the director as an apiary inspector shall be a practical beekeeper who before being appointed shall furnish the director with satisfactory evidence that the appointee possesses a practical knowledge of beekeeping and is familiar with the diagnosis and treatment of honey bee diseases and honey bee pests and/or is a graduate of an agricultural college with qualifying training in apiculture. The state inspector, or appointed deputies and assistants, may not own more than fifty (50) colonies of honey bees.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 495, § 2.
RI Gen L § 4-12-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-12 - Apiculture|Section 4-12-5 - Inspection/survey of apiaries - Notice - Entry - Abatement of infection - Infestation of undesirable bees.

§ 4-12-5. Inspection/survey of apiaries — Notice — Entry — Abatement of infection — Infestation of undesirable bees.(a) The director of environmental management, to determine the presence or absence of infectious, contagious or communicable diseases or honey bee pests, shall annually either:(2) Conduct a statistical biological survey as published by the federal agriculture research service or the animal and plant health inspection service or the Beltsville beneficial insects laboratory.Inspections or surveys will be geographically disbursed so as to be representative of the colonies within the state.(1) Inspect twenty percent (20%) of the bee colonies located within thirty-three percent (33%) of the state's apiaries to determine the presence or absence of diseases and pests listed in § 4-12-2(14); or(b) A registered beekeeper may make a written request to the director for a special examination of the beekeeper's colonies. On receipt of this written request the director or authorized inspector shall inspect the bees owned and managed by that beekeeper for bee diseases or pests. A reasonable fee shall be charged which is not contingent upon issuance of a health certificate.(c) Once written notice of inspection has been given to an owner as provided in this section, that owner shall not move any hive or hives or bees or bee equipment from the time notice is received until either seven (7) days thereafter or until the time that the results of the inspection are received.(d) The director shall provide for controlling or eliminating infested or diseased honey bees and pests, including eliminating swarms and feral colonies as a means to prevent further dispersal and to protect the public and the economy of this state. The control procedures shall:(1) Include abatement, as prescribed by rules adopted under this article.(2) Include a public education program to emphasize the importance of a healthy beekeeping industry.(3) Be designed and implemented to minimize the negative impact on beekeepers while being effective in controlling Africanized bees and other pests.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 495, § 2.
RI Gen L § 4-12-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-12 - Apiculture|Section 4-12-6 - Specialized examination - Inspection fees - Accessibility.

§ 4-12-6. Specialized examination — Inspection fees — Accessibility.(a) Any bees kept in anything other than a hive with removable frames (which must be reasonably removable) such as box hives or other receptacles, natural or artificial, shall be deemed impossible to inspect unless the owner of these bees removes the brood or makes the brood accessible to the director or inspectors. To permit inspection of the brood, the director may order the colonies to be transferred to removable frame hives within thirty (30) days. In the event the order is not carried out, these colonies may be destroyed by the director or appointed inspectors.(b) On finding infection or infestation or exposure to infection or infestation the director or inspector shall require that the infected, infested, or exposed bees, hives, or equipment be treated, or, after unsuccessful treatment, destroyed.(c) The director or appointed inspector shall require removal from the state or the destruction of honey bees or beekeeping equipment which has been brought into this state in violation of this law.(d) After inspecting infected hives, beekeeping equipment or handling diseased bees, the inspector or the deputy inspector shall, before leaving the premises or proceeding to any other apiary, thoroughly disinfect any portion of the inspector's person, clothing and/or any tools used which may have come in contact with infected material, and shall see that any assistant or assistants with him or her have likewise thoroughly disinfected their persons and clothing and any tools used by them.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 495, § 2.
RI Gen L § 4-12-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-12 - Apiculture|Section 4-12-7 - Certification of health - Expiration - Quarantine - Eradication.

§ 4-12-7. Certification of health — Expiration — Quarantine — Eradication.(a) If, by reason of an owner requested inspection, the director is satisfied that no apparent disease or pest exists in any colony in an apiary, the director shall issue to the owner a certificate of health setting out the date of the inspection, the number of colonies and the results of the inspection. This certificate shall expire ninety (90) days after the inspection.(b) If, by reason of any inspection, the director is satisfied of the existence of any disease or pest, the director shall notify the beekeeper owning the apiary, in writing, of the results of the inspection, setting out the number and location of infected colonies and informing the owner of the proper methods of treating or destroying the infected colonies. Any apiary infected with any contagious or infectious bee disease or pest may be declared under quarantine and the owner shall be prohibited from moving this apiary, bees, honey, wax, or used beekeeping equipment. The owner shall eliminate the diseased or pest infested condition within the apiary or equipment or both, to the satisfaction of the director. The quarantine will then be lifted.(c) If, by the time of the next inspection, which will be no more than thirty (30) days after the initial inspection, the disease or pest infested condition has not been eliminated, the director shall supervise either the treatment or eradication of the disease or pest infested bees and equipment, or shall otherwise eliminate the diseased or pest infested condition and lift the quarantine on any remaining bees, colonies or equipment.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 495, § 2.