Haw. Code R. § 4-71-3 - Permits
(a) All importation of animals shall be by
permit. A permit application shall be submitted to the chief with an
appropriate bond, if required in this chapter, and the following information:
(1) Name and address of shipper and importer,
including mailing and street address;
(2) Approximate number and kind (common and
scientific name) of animal;
(3)
Sex, if determinable;
(4) Object of
importation;
(5) Mode of
transportation; and
(6) Approximate
date of arrival.
(b) The
chief, without submitting the permit application to the board, may approve or
disapprove the issuance of a permit based on a past board decision relating to
the same species of animal and the respective conditions for importation
previously-established by the board for that animal species, provided that, if
approved, the current import request is, in all essential respects, the same as
the previously approved request and that the importer is able to comply with
the previously established conditions.
(c) A permit application for an animal which
was previously disapproved may be resubmitted for board action pursuant to
section 4-71-4 upon determination by the chief that conditions for importation
are significantly different from the previously disapproved request.
(d) A permit application for an animal
allowed for import under these rules but not previously permitted entry by the
board shall be submitted for board action pursuant to section 4-71-4.
(e) The chairperson, without submitting the
permit application to the advisory committee on plants and animals and the
board, may approve a short term permit for animals on the conditionally
approved or restricted lists, or a short-term special permit for unlisted
animals, not to exceed ninety days, for performance or exhibition in a circus,
carnival, commercial filming for television or movies, or other performance, or
exhibition provided that:
(1) The animals
shall be adequately safeguarded under the control of professional trainers or
handlers;
(2) The animals are not
dangerous wild animals or animals on the list of prohibited animals, except
that dangerous wild animals may be imported for performance in-commercial
filming for television or movies provided that the animal's performance is part
of the scene within a production being filmed and subject to permit conditions
adequate to address any associated risks and to assure the applicability of the
exemption;
(3) Appropriate permit
conditions are established by the board; and
(f) The
permittee shall comply with all permit conditions established by the board.
Violation of permit conditions may result in citation as provided in section
150A-12,
HRS, or in cancellation of the permit, or both. Any violation of law or rule
that calls into question the permittee's fitness to hold a permit, especially
the likelihood of the permittee maintaining proper security and safeguarding
for animals under the permittee's other permits, may result in cancellation of
the permittee's other permits as well.
Notes
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