Title 4, Title 4 and Animal Husbandry

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to repeal or alter or vary the provisions of chapter 5 of title 21, or to require the license provided for from any person whose principal business is the production of milk, or to require a license from a producer of milk who …

No person, firm, association, or corporation shall buy milk or cream in the state from producers for consumption or for manufacture in the state, unless that business is regularly transacted at an office or station in the state and unless that person, firm, association, or corpor…

The director of environmental management shall issue to an applicant, on payment of twenty dollars ($20.00), a license entitling the applicant to conduct the business of buying milk and cream from producers for the stated purpose at an office or station at the place named in the …

(a) A license shall not be issued as provided in § 4-8-3 unless the applicant for that license files with the application, a sworn financial statement in any form and giving any information that the director of environmental management may demand. The financial statement shall be…

Upon default by the licensee in the payment of any money due for the purchase of milk or cream, which payment is secured by the sworn financial statement or surety provided for, the creditor may file with the director of environmental management, upon a form prescribed by him or …

After the expiration of ninety (90) days from the termination of any license period, the director of environmental management shall, by proper action where all the creditors and any surety given, as provided, and the licensee shall be parties, proceed to determine the amount due …

Every surety given in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be liable, in the first instance, for the payment of all claims arising during the license period for which the surety continues, and filed either during that period or within ninety (90) days after the ex…

A person or corporation licensed under this chapter shall make a statement under oath of his, her, or its disbursements during a period to be prescribed by the director of environmental management, containing the names of the persons from whom products were purchased, the amount …

Every proprietor of a milk gathering station shall post in a conspicuous place in his or her milk station, a schedule of the prices being paid for milk or cream, and shall keep a correct account of all the milk or cream daily received or purchased from each person at that milk st…

All biological products as defined under the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act 21 USC 151-159 et seq., used for the testing or immunizing of animals sold, given away, or used within the state, shall bear a label stating the name and address of the person, firm, or institution making it and t…

It is the duty of the attorney general and his or her assistants to prosecute all persons accused of violating the provisions of this chapter and to defend in all cases of appeals from appraisements.

No vaccine or other biological product prepared for the purpose of immunizing animals shall be used in the state unless that product has been approved for that use by the center of veterinary biologics of the U.S. department of agriculture.

(a) Only products listed in § 4-9-1 and those that are either conditionally or unconditionally licensed by the center for veterinary biologics of the United States department of agriculture are eligible for distribution in the state. All persons other than duly licensed veterinar…

(a) The director of the department of environmental management may, as a condition of authorization provided in subsection 4-9-2(a), require records to be kept by persons that sell or give away any of the products enumerated in § 4-9-1. Such records may include, but not be limite…

No person shall treat any animal with any material or substance nor in any manner for the purpose of preventing normal reaction on the part of the animal to any diagnostic test. No person shall knowingly sell or offer for sale any animal that has reacted positively to any USDA ap…

(a) Any person, firm or corporation willfully and knowingly violating subsections 4-9-2(b) or 4-9-3(b) shall be subject to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100). (b) Any person, firm or corporation willfully and knowingly violating § 4-9-8 is guilty of a misdemeanor, an…

As used in this chapter: (1) “Director” means the director of environmental management. (2) “Farmers’ cooperative” means a nonprofit association of producers organized with or without capital stock for the purpose of producing and/or selling food commodities. (3) “License” means …

Every person operating a vehicle used in the business of buying, selling, and/or transporting live poultry shall deposit or display in that vehicle in some easily accessible place a license to engage in that business as provided by § 4-10-3.

The fee for the first license issued to any one individual or corporation in accordance with this chapter shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00).

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 …

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.

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.

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 recogniza…

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 im…

It is the duty of the director of environmental management to supervise the movement of live poultry from place to place within the state.

Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation, regularly engaged in the business of buying, selling and/or transporting live poultry to be sold or used for food, shall annually apply to the director for a license to buy, sell, and/or transport live poultry to be so sold or used f…

Licenses shall be issued in two (2) forms: (1) A limited license which permits the licensee to do business on a United States currency basis only. (2) An unlimited license issued to any person, firm, or corporation, as referred to in § 4-10-3, who furnishes a bond with sufficient…

The bond required by § 4-10-4(2) shall be held by the director of environmental management to satisfy any claims held against any licensee because of failure to pay for live poultry purchased by that licensed dealer from the poultry producer.

(a) Upon receipt of a written notice of a default in payment, the director of environmental management shall order a hearing to be held before him or her within two (2) weeks. If the claim is approved by the director of environmental management, he or she may order payment to be …

If unpaid claims against dealers licensed under § 4-10-4(2), made within the period of time prescribed in § 4-10-6(b), are in excess of the surety bond, and are approved by the director of environmental management, the amounts may be prorated among the claimants by the director o…

Each license shall be issued annually and may be revoked by the director for cause. If in the judgment of the director any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation made under this chapter has been violated, the director shall send notice by registered or certified mail…

For the purposes of this chapter: (1) “Calf raised for veal” means a calf of the bovine species kept for the purpose of producing the food product referred to as veal. (2) “Covered animal” means any sow during gestation, calf raised for veal, or egg-laying hen that is kept on a f…

The purpose of this chapter, subject to exceptions set forth in § 4-1.1-4, is to prohibit the confinement of a covered animal in a manner that prevents the animal from turning around freely, lying down, standing up, or fully extending the animal’s limbs.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person is guilty of unlawful confinement of a covered animal if the person is a farm owner or operator who knowingly tethers or confines any covered animal in a manner that prevents the animal from turning around freely, lying down, s…

This chapter shall not apply: (1) During medical research; (2) Temporary confinement prior to and during examination, testing, individual treatment or operation for veterinary purposes; (3) During transportation; (4) During rodeo exhibitions, state or county fair exhibitions, 4-H…

(a) The provisions of this chapter are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other laws protecting animal welfare. This chapter may not be construed to limit any other state laws or rules protecting the welfare of animals or to prevent a local governing body from adopting and e…

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid or unconstitutional, that invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid o…

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.

No indemnity will be paid the owner or other person in charge of those birds for destroyed birds.

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.

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.

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.

No psittacine birds shall be shipped into Rhode Island unless a certificate of veterinary inspection accompanies the shipment of birds. The certificate of veterinary inspection must be compliant with rules and regulations governing the importation of domestic animals (250-RICR-40…

(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 transf…

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.

All psittacine breeding stock must be closed metal seamless banded by January 1, 1960.