250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-60-00-2.7
"Cervids" means any animals which are members of the family " Cervidae " whether captive or wild and any and all hybrids, subspecies or genetically altered species, including but not limited to the following: white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus); mule deer ( Odocoileus hemionus), black-tailed deer ( O dodcoileus hemionus columbianus), elk ( Cervus canadensis), red deer ( Cervus elaphus), moose ( Alces alces); fallow deer ( Dama dama), sika deer ( Cervus nippon), muntjac deer ( Muntiacus spp .), axis deer ( Axis axis), and caribou or reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus).
"Chronic Wasting Disease" or "CWD" means an always-fatal nervous system disease found in cervids (deer, elk, moose, reindeer) for which there is currently no cure. It can be transmitted through direct animal to animal contact, contact with saliva, feces, carcass parts of an infected animal, and can even spread through soil that has been contaminated with any of the above tissues or fluids. To date, CWD has been found in wild and captive cervids across the Unites States, parts of Canada and other countries across the world.
"Chronic wasting disease endemic area" means any US State, Canadian Province or other Country where CWD has ever been detected or any State/Province located within twenty-five (25) miles of any CWD positive detection in a different State/Province.
"Department" means the Department of Environmental Management.
"Director" means the Director of the Department of Environmental Management.
"Feeding" or "baiting" for the purpose of these Regulations, means the act of using, placing, giving, exposing, depositing, distributing, or scattering any material, or any act to maintain the availability of such material, that attracts, or is reasonably intended to attract wild white-tailed deer to feed on such material.
"Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity.
"Possession" means to exercise dominion or control over any cervid or cervid parts, at any point.
250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-60-00-2.7