Ariz. Admin. Code § R12-4-112 - Diseased, Injured, or Chemically-immobilized Wildlife

A. The Director may authorize Department employees to condemn the carcass of lawfully taken and lawfully possessed diseased, injured, or chemically immobilized wildlife taken under any permit tag that is, in the opinion of the employee, unfit for human consumption, if the individual who took the wildlife requests it and this condition was not created by the actions of the individual who took the wildlife. A Department employee may condemn wildlife that has been chemically immobilized if the wildlife was taken during the established withdrawal period of that immobilizing drug.

B. The individual who took the wildlife shall surrender the entire condemned wildlife carcass and any parts thereof to the Department employee.

C. After condemnation and surrender of the wildlife, the Department employee shall provide written authorization to the individual who took the wildlife to purchase and use a duplicate tag. The license holder may purchase the tag from any dealer where the tag is available. The license dealer shall forward the written authorization to the Department with the report of the tag sale.

A. A person who lawfully takes and possesses wildlife believed to be diseased, injured, or chemically-immobilized may request an inspection of the wildlife carcass provided:

1. The wildlife was lawfully taken and possessed under a valid hunt permit- or nonpermit-tag, and

2. The person who took the wildlife did not create the condition.

B. The Department, after inspection, may condemn the carcass if it is determined the wildlife is unfit for human consumption. The Department shall condemn chemically-immobilized wildlife only when the wildlife was taken during the immobilizing drug's established withdrawal period.

C. The person shall surrender the entire condemned wildlife carcass and any parts thereof to the Department.

1. Upon surrender of the condemned wildlife, the Department shall provide to the person written authorization allowing the person to purchase a duplicate hunt permit- or nonpermit-tag.

2. The person may purchase a duplicate tag from any Department office or license dealer where the permit-tag is available.

D. If the duplicate tag is issued by a license dealer, the license dealer shall forward the written authorization to the Department with the report required under R12-4-105(K).

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R12-4-112

Former Section R12-4-04 renumbered as Section R12-4-112 without change effective August 13, 1981 (Supp. 81-4). Amended effective March 1, 1991; filed February 28, 1991 (Supp. 91-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 12 A.A.R. 291, effective March 11, 2006 (Supp. 06-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 21 A.A.R. 3025, effective 1/2/2016.