TITLE 5

Businesses and Professions

CHAPTER 5-13

Horse Riding Schools

SECTION 5-13-8



   § 5-13-8  Suspension or revocation of

license. –

Any license issued under this chapter may be suspended or revoked by the state

board of inspection of horse riding schools, after a hearing, for any one or

more of the following causes:



   (1) Failure on the part of the holder of the license to

provide suitable food, water, and shelter for the horses under his or her

control;



   (2) Maintenance by the holder of the license of an unsanitary

or unfit stable;



   (3) Failure on the part of the holder of the license to

provide suitable saddles, bridles, harnesses, and other tack or equipment;



   (4) The letting or use for riding or driving purposes of

unfit horses;



   (5) The permitting of horses to work more than eight (8)

hours in any twenty-four (24) consecutive hours;



   (6) The refusal by any holder of a license to allow a member

of the board to enter and inspect the premises upon which a riding school is

being operated or the obstruction by any holder of a license of any member of

the state board of inspection of horse riding schools in the performance of his

or her duties under this chapter;



   (7) The commission by any license holder of any act

prohibited by chapter 1 of title 4 or the suffering by the holder of a license

of the commission of any act by any other person with relation to any horse

under the control of that holder; and



   (8) Any other cause that, in the opinion of the board, taking

into consideration the welfare of the horses under his or her control, shows

that the holder of a license is an unfit person to operate a riding school.



History of Section.

(P.L. 1943, ch. 1340, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 5-13-8.)