§ 4-20-5 - Duties of veterinarian in charge. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 4-20-5

   § 4-20-5  Duties of veterinarian in charge.– The appointed veterinarian, once appointed to oversee any rodeo, has access tothe complete site of any activity involving animals to be employed in theevent. The veterinarian has complete authority over the treatment and use ofany animal which becomes injured in this event. The veterinarian has the rightto declare any animal unfit for use in any this event and his or her decisionshall be final after that decision has been communicated to the person incharge, as communicated to the animal control officer in § 4-20-2.