Rhode Island § 4-12-4 § 4-12-4. Inspectors — Qualification.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 4-12-4 — § 4-12-4. Inspectors — Qualification.

Rhode Island § 4-12-4

Title 4Animals and Animal Husbandry

Ch. 4-12Apiculture

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 4-12-4 (2026).

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§ 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.
         

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§ 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.