Rules and Regulations Governing the Importation, Feeding, and Baiting of Cervids in Rhode Island

250-RICR-60-00-2 INACTIVE RULE EMERGENCY RULE

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Title 250 Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Chapter 60 Fish and Wildlife
Subchapter 00 N/A
Part 2 Rules and Regulations Governing the Importation, Feeding, and Baiting of Cervids in Rhode Island
Type of Filing Adoption
Regulation Status Inactive
Effective 09/24/2004 to 05/04/2005

Regulation Authority:

Chapters 4-4-23 and 20-17-9, Chapters 4-18, 20-17, 20-1-18, and 42-17.1, 42-17-7; and 42-35 ADA, of the RIGL's 1951, as amended.

Purpose and Reason:

The purpose of the emegency amendment tothe "Rules and Regulations Governing the Importation, Feeding, and Baiting of Cervids in Rhode Island" is to remove the current restriction on, thus permitting, bonafide scientific experimentation on free-range cervids to determin ways to protect the public health from the threat of Lyme disease and other pathogens associated with deer ticks. Supercedes ERLID #2853

Brief statement of Reason for Finding Imminent Peril:

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