{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-4-12-4","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 4-12-4","heading":"Inspectors — Qualification.","body":"Any person appointed by the director as an apiary inspector shall be a practical beekeeper who before being appointed shall furnish the director with satisfactory evidence that the appointee possesses a practical knowledge of beekeeping and is familiar with the diagnosis and treatment of honey bee diseases and honey bee pests and/or is a graduate of an agricultural college with qualifying training in apiculture. The state inspector, or appointed deputies and assistants, may not own more than fifty (50) colonies of honey bees.","path":["Title 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry","Chapter 12 Apiculture"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE4/4-12/4-12-4.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:18:07Z","sha256":"0f2361a164c4642da2b9aae53e794021f5cf616f5a4f1917a951c9f3db32ea87","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-4-12-3","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-4-12-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}