Rhode Island General Laws Title 2. Agriculture and Forestry § 2-17-23. Regulated articles

(a) Regulated articles shall mean any of the following raw wood materials taken or harvested from a quarantined area: any living, dead, standing, cut or fallen tree, inclusive of nursery stock, or any piece or portion thereof measuring a half inch or more in diameter, including any branches, logs, stumps, roots, or chips, firewood, or green lumber. Kiln-dried lumber and manufactured or finished wooden products are not considered regulated articles pursuant to § 2-17-22.

(b) Regulated articles shall also include any other article, regardless of its place of origin, found to be infested by the Asian longhorned beetle or emerald ash borer if an authorized state or federal inspector notifies the person in possession of the article that it is infested and therefore subject to the quarantine and transport rules or regulations of APHIS or the director of the department of environmental management.

(c) Regulated articles shall also include any other article designated as a regulated article pursuant to any duly promulgated amendments to the quarantine and transport rules or regulations of APHIS or the director of the department of environmental management.