Nev. Admin. Code § 503.217 - Exemption from banding requirements; duties of owner of raptor if raptor is exempt from banding requirements

1. If an owner of a raptor provides evidence satisfactory to the Department that a leg band attached to the raptor pursuant to NAC 503.212 or 503.214 injures or otherwise impairs the health of the raptor, the Department may exempt the raptor from the banding requirements of those sections.

2. An owner of a raptor which is exempt from any banding requirements pursuant to subsection 1:

(a) Shall, while transporting or flying the raptor, have in his or her possession a copy of any papers documenting that exemption; and

(b) If the raptor was originally taken from the wild and is of a species listed in paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NAC 503.212, shall implant in the raptor a 134.2 -kilohertz microchip which complies with the standards established by the International Organization for Standardization, or its successor, and which is supplied to the Department by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Nev. Admin. Code § 503.217

Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs by R046-11 & R047-11, eff. 4-5-2013

NRS 501.105, 501.181, 503.582, 503.583