R.I. Gen. Laws § 4-10-3: License to deal in or transport poultry.

Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation, regularly engaged in the business of buying, selling and/or transporting live poultry to be sold or used for food, shall annually apply to the director for a license to buy, sell, and/or transport live poultry to be so sold or used for food. The application for that license shall be made upon a form prescribed by the director who may, if he or she is satisfied as to the responsibility and character of the applicant, issue a license to the applicant to buy, sell, and/or transport live poultry.