§ 4-18-2 — § 4-18-2. Definitions.

§ 4-18-2. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter:

(1) "Animalâ€� means any wild animal or bird specified under the provisions of § 4-18-3.

(2) "Approved quarantine facility� means a facility approved by the department for the quarantine confinement of imported animals.

(3) "Department� means the Rhode Island department of environmental management.

(4) "Euthanasia� means the human destruction of an animal accomplished by a method that involves instantaneous unconsciousness and immediate death or by a method that involves anesthesia, produced by an agent which causes painless loss of consciousness, and death during that loss of consciousness.

(5) "Housing facility� means any room, building, or area used to contain a primary enclosure or enclosures during the required period of quarantine.

(6) "Person� means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, or company.

(7) "Primary enclosure� means any structure used to immediately restrict an animal or animals to a limited amount of space, such as a room, pen, run, cage, or compartment within the quarantine facility.

(8) "Primateâ€� means a nonhuman member of the highest order of mammals, including prosimians, monkeys, and apes as specified in § 4-18-3.

(9) "Standards� means the requirements with respect to the quarantine housing, handling, care, treatment, and transportation of imported animals.

(10) "Veterinarian� means a person authorized to practice veterinary medicine in Rhode Island.

Legislative History

P.L. 1971, ch. 58, § 1.