Rules and Regulations Governing Animal Care Facilities

250-RICR-40-05-4 INACTIVE RULE

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Title 250 Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Chapter 40 Agriculture and Resource Marketing
Subchapter 05 Animal Health
Part 4 Rules and Regulations Governing Animal Care Facilities
Type of Filing Adoption
Regulation Status Inactive
Effective 10/08/2015 to 06/20/2016

Regulation Authority:

RIGL Chapter 42-17.1and Section 4-19-13

Purpose and Reason:

Pursuant to the statutory requirement contained within RIGL 4-19-13, these proposed regulations provide minimal animal care and housing standards at licensed animal care facilities to ensure that the animals are kept in a manner that is safe and sanitary for their well-being, and in a manner that will mitigate any disease risk to the other animals and humans residing in the state. Minor changes made per comment to requirements for record retention for facility cleaning.

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.