Rules and Regulations Governing the Importation of Animals
250-RICR-40-05-1 INACTIVE RULE EMERGENCY RULE
| Title | 250 | Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management |
| Chapter | 40 | Agriculture and Resource Marketing |
| Subchapter | 05 | Animal Health |
| Part | 1 | Rules and Regulations Governing the Importation of Animals |
| Type of Filing | Amendment |
| Regulation Status | Inactive |
| Effective | 04/25/2012 to 11/21/2012 |
Regulation Authority:
RIGL 42-17, and 4-4-23
Purpose and Reason:
The purpose of this emergency amendment is to ensure the health and welfare of animals brought into the state for adoption as well as to protect the health of the state’s citizenry and the health of animals that already are kept in the state by ensuring that only animals that have been screened for health are imported and offered for adoption. The changes are contained within a new Section 8.
Brief statement of Reason for Finding Imminent Peril:
DEM is seeing a dramatic increase in infectious diseases traced to entities importing dogs from out-of-state.
Rulemaking Documents are organized by document type and are part of this rule’s rulemaking record (R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-35-2.3). If multiple documents of the same type are listed below, each is a unique document. If there are multiple Public Notice of Proposed Rulemaking documents, view each document to identify the most recently amended version, as it may be amended at any point during the Public Comment Period.