Title 4
Animals and Animal Husbandry

Chapter 12
Apiculture

R.I. Gen. Laws § 4-12-15

§ 4-12-15. Powers and duties of director — Rulemaking.

The director shall, from time to time, make regulations carrying out the provisions and requirements of §§ 4-12-1 — 4-12-17, including regulations under which inspectors and other employees shall:

(1) Inspect apiaries and equipment associated with beekeeping;

(2) Investigate, control, eradicate, and prevent the dissemination of honey bee diseases and pests; and

(3) Supervise or cause the treatment, control or destruction of honey bees infected with diseases or pests.

History of Section.
P.L. 1989, ch. 495, § 2.