2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry
Chapter 4-5 - Tuberculosis Control
Chapter 4-5-7 - Application for permission to import.

§ 4-5-7 Application for permission to import. – All persons, firms, corporations, or associations intending to ship, transport, import, or to drive any bovine animals into the state, shall make written application to the director of environmental management for permission to ship, transport, import, or drive bovine animals into this state, and in that application shall state the breed, sex, age, and general marking on each animal and with the application shall forward to the director:

(1) A chart signed by a veterinarian approved by the United States department of agriculture showing that the animals described are from officially tuberculosis free accredited herds or are from herds officially under state and federal supervision for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis. All herds from which those animals originate shall have passed a negative intradermic tuberculin test at least three (3) months prior to date of shipment; except that in the case of all animals originating in accredited herds, those herds shall have passed a negative intradermic tuberculin test within one year from date of shipment; and

(2) A certificate of a veterinarian approved as provided in subsection (1), that upon a negative intradermic tuberculin test and a physical examination, those animals have been found to be free from tuberculosis or other contagious or communicable disease, and are from a herd officially under state and federal supervision for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis, which at its last tuberculin test revealed no reactors.

History of Section.
(P.L. 1896, ch. 344, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 120, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 14; P.L. 1926, ch. 788, § 2; P.L. 1927, ch. 1014, § 2; P.L. 1931, ch. 1786, § 2; P.L. 1934, ch. 2131, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 207, § 7; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 160; G.L. 1956, § 4-5-7.)