§ 4-4-8 - Exposure of diseased animals to contact with healthy animals. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 4-4-8

   § 4-4-8  Exposure of diseased animals tocontact with healthy animals. – No person having the care or custody of any animal having any one of thediseases mentioned in this chapter or chapter 5 of this title, shall, knowingthe animal to have any of the diseases mentioned in this chapter or chapter 5of this title, sell or exchange, or permit the removal, use or driving of thatanimal upon any public highway, or the exposure of that animal to contact withany other healthy animal of the same kind, except by permission of the directorof environmental management. Any person so doing is deemed guilty of amisdemeanor, and on being convicted shall be fined not exceeding one hundreddollars ($100).