Rhode Island § 4-5-1 § 4-5-1. Report of affected animal — Test.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 4-5-1 — § 4-5-1. Report of affected animal — Test.

Rhode Island § 4-5-1

Title 4Animals and Animal Husbandry

Ch. 4-5Tuberculosis Control

This text of Rhode Island § 4-5-1 (§ 4-5-1. Report of affected animal — Test.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Rhode Island primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 4-5-1 (2026).

Text

§ 4-5-1. Report of affected animal — Test.
Whenever the owner of any bovine animal suspects that animal to be affected with tuberculosis,
            and, in writing, requests the director of environmental management to inspect the
            animal, or if the director suspects any bovine animal to be affected with tuberculosis,
            the director shall immediately direct a veterinarian to inspect and test that animal
            on a specified day. The test in all cases shall be a tuberculin test conforming to
            the standards of the United States department of agriculture.
         

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

§ 4-5-1. Report of affected animal — Test.

Whenever the owner of any bovine animal suspects that animal to be affected with tuberculosis, and, in writing, requests the director of environmental management to inspect the animal, or if the director suspects any bovine animal to be affected with tuberculosis, the director shall immediately direct a veterinarian to inspect and test that animal on a specified day. The test in all cases shall be a tuberculin test conforming to the standards of the United States department of agriculture.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 99, § 10; P.L. 1904, ch. 1156, § 1; P.L. 1906, ch. 1354, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 120, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 10; P.L. 1927, ch. 971, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 207, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 160; G.L. 1956, § 4-5-1.