2015 -- H 5678 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Palangio, Serpa, Winfield, Regunberg, and Lima | |
Date Introduced: February 26, 2015 | |
Referred To: House Municipal Government | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 4-19 of the General Laws entitled "Animal Care" is hereby |
2 | amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 4-19-22. Animal control officers. – (a) Effective January 1, 2016, no municipality shall |
4 | certify and/or hire for employment any animal control officer who has not received certification |
5 | to be an animal control officer from the National Animal Care & Control Association (NACA). |
6 | (b) The department of environmental management is hereby empowered to promulgate |
7 | rules and regulations regarding the training and certification of animal control officers by NACA |
8 | and shall provide for a training and certification program to be conducted by the NACA. The |
9 | department shall have one hundred twenty (120) days from the passage of this act to promulgate |
10 | the rules and regulations required hereunder. |
11 | (c) The training and certification program required by subsection (b) of this section shall |
12 | incorporate instruction that shall meet NACA guidelines for certification, including, but not |
13 | limited to, to the following criteria: |
14 | (1) Laws and regulations affecting animal control, animal welfare, and animal cruelty; |
15 | (2) Domestic and wild animal behavior; |
16 | (3) Handling and treatment of deceased or stray animals; |
17 | (4) Emergency procedures and conflict resolution skills; and |
18 | (5) The use of firearms and tranquilizers guns. |
19 | (d) All municipal animal control officers employed as of the passage of this act shall be |
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1 | exempt from the provisions of this section. |
2 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE | |
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1 | This act would require that municipal animal control officers be certified by the National |
2 | Animal Care & Control Association. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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