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 tion 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.
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