1. The
Department may issue apprentice, general and master falconry
licenses.
2. The Department may
issue an apprentice license to an applicant who:
(a) Is at least 12 years of age;
and
(b) Obtains a sponsor for the
first 2 years during which the applicant is an apprentice falconry licensee.
The sponsor must:
(1) Be at least 18 years of
age;
(2) Be a master falconry
licensee or have been a general falconry licensee for at least 2 years;
and
(3) Provide to the Department a
letter stating that he or she will sponsor and assist the applicant, as
appropriate, in:
(I) Learning about the
husbandry and training of raptors for falconry;
(II) Learning about relevant state and
federal wildlife laws and regulations; and
(III) Determining which species of raptor is
appropriate to possess while the applicant is an apprentice falconry
licensee.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
4, the Department may issue a general falconry license to an applicant who:
(a) Is at least 16 years of age;
(b) Has at least 2 years' experience in the
practice of falconry as an apprentice falconry licensee or the equivalent
classification of an apprentice falconry licensee, including, without
limitation, maintaining, training, flying and hunting the raptor for at least 4
months during each of those years;
(c) Has possessed a raptor during each year
that the applicant was licensed as an apprentice or the equivalent;
and
(d) Submits a signed letter
from his or her sponsor which recommends the issuance of a general license to
the applicant and which states that the applicant has obtained the experience
required pursuant to paragraph (b).
4. The Department shall not issue a general
falconry license pursuant to subsection 3 to an applicant who has less than 2
years' experience in the practice of falconry, regardless of whether the
applicant has attended a falconry school or falconry education
program.
5. The Department may
issue a master falconry license to an applicant who has at least 5 years'
experience in the practice of falconry as a general falconry licensee or the
equivalent classification of a general falconry licensee.
Notes
Nev.
Admin. Code §
503.240
Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs
Gen. Reg. No. 15 Part § 25.21, eff. 12-15-76; A 12-30-77-NAC A by Bd. of
Wildlife Comm'rs, 7-1-97; R047-11, 4-5-2013
NRS
501.105,
501.181,
503.582,
503.583
REVISER'S NOTE.
The regulation filed
with the Secretary of State on July 1, 1997, LCB File No. R149-96, by the Board
of Wildlife Commissioners contained the following provision not included in
NAC:
"A person who, on the effective date of this regulation,
holds a current master falconry license issued by the Division [now the
Department] pursuant to NAC 503.240 does not need to comply with the amendatory
provisions of section 15 of this regulation [NAC 503.240 ] to renew his master
falconry license."