2014 -- S 2687 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 06/17/14
A N A C T
RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL DISEASES IN GENERAL
Introduced By: Senator V. SusanSosnowski
Date Introduced: March 05, 2014
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 4-4-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 4-4 entitled "Animal Diseases in General" is hereby amended to read as follows:
4-4-1. Appointment of commissioners to inspect diseased animals --
Quarantine -- Veterinarians. -- Appointment of inspectors to inspect diseased animals
-- Quarantine -- Veterinarians. -- The director of environmental
management may appoint one or more commissioners
inspectors in each county of the state, whose duty it is to visit and inquire
into the condition of any domestic animal in their
respective counties the state
whenever there is reason to suspect that any domestic animal, or the carcass of any domestic animal or tissues or products, is affected with
tuberculosis, or other contagious, infectious, or communicable disease; and the
commissioners in their counties inspectors are authorized to quarantine any
diseased domestic animal, or the carcass
of any diseased domestic animal, or restrict the
movement of any tissues or products produced by any domestic animal
until such quarantine or movement restriction is
released inspected by the a
veterinarian employed by the director. The director may also employ,
from time to time, any number of veterinary surgeons that he or she may
find necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
SECTION 2. Chapter 4-4 of the General Laws entitled "Animal Diseases in General" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
4-4-1.1. Animals defined. – This chapter shall apply to all domestic animals defined in
§ 4-13.1-2(2) and any animal that the director of the department of
environmental management has waived from the permit requirement, in
accordance with § 4-18-3.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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