§ 4-19-6. Public auction and kennel licenses.
(a) No person shall operate a public auction or a kennel, as defined in this chapter,
unless a license to operate that establishment has been granted by the director. Application
for the license shall be made in the manner provided by the director. The license
period is the fiscal year and the license fee shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) for
each license period or part thereof beginning with the first day of the fiscal year.
(b) This section shall not be interpreted to interfere in any manner with the issuing
of a public auction or kennel license by any city or t
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§ 4-19-6. Public auction and kennel licenses.
(a) No person shall operate a public auction or a kennel, as defined in this chapter,
unless a license to operate that establishment has been granted by the director. Application
for the license shall be made in the manner provided by the director. The license
period is the fiscal year and the license fee shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) for
each license period or part thereof beginning with the first day of the fiscal year.
(b) This section shall not be interpreted to interfere in any manner with the issuing
of a public auction or kennel license by any city or town, nor any fee charged by
any city or town. No license shall be issued by the director except for those premises
as shall be designated for the licensure by the respective city or town council.
(c) Pursuant to § 4-19-2(19), any person who provides the sheltering, feeding, and watering in return for a fee
in a residential setting of no more than four (4) animals not owned by the proprietor
is:
(1) Exempt from licensure as a kennel under this chapter; and
(2) Subject to inspection by an authorized agent of the department of environmental management
(hereinafter "the department�) upon the department receiving a written complaint against
the person. Only complaints related to animal care, animal health, and animal welfare
may initiate an inspection. Any inspection that is conducted by the department shall
be conducted during the hours of eight o'clock a.m. (8:00 a.m.) through five o'clock
p.m. (5:00 p.m.), unless the person who is the subject of the complaint agrees to
an inspection at another time; and
(3) Required to be compliant with the department's rules and regulations governing animal
care facilities, RICR 250-RICR-40-05-4, §§ 4.7 and 4.8.A.1 through 8 (excluding the sanitation log requirements of § 4.8.A.3). Any
inspection conducted by an authorized agent of the department shall be limited to
the aforementioned sections and shall be limited to areas to which the animals being
cared for have access. Any violations of these sections are punishable in accordance
with § 4.12 of the rules and regulations governing animal care facilities and any
appeal for any enforcement action shall be made in accordance with § 4.11.B of those
rules and regulations; and
(4) Any person who is subject to inspection pursuant to the conditions set forth in subsection
(c)(2), but who denies access to authorized inspectors from the department, is subject
to a civil fine of three hundred fifty dollars ($350). Each day that access is denied
shall constitute a separate punishable offense.