31 Tex. Admin. Code § 69.45 - Permit Required
(a) Except as may be
otherwise provided by this subchapter, no person may possess wildlife for
purposes of rehabilitation unless the person possesses a valid permit issued
under the provisions of this subchapter.
(b) Except as otherwise provided under
Chapter 65, Subchapter B, of this title (relating to Disease Detection and
Response), licensed veterinarians may hold, possess, and transport wildlife to
provide emergency medical care or stabilization care until they are stabilized
and able to be transferred, at which time the wildlife must be transferred to a
permitted rehabilitator.
(c) A
person may possess protected wildlife for rehabilitation purposes at a
satellite facility, provided:
(1) the person
is listed as a subpermittee on the valid permit of a supervisory permittee and
possesses a copy of the valid permit at the satellite facility;
(A) the supervisory permittee has registered
the facility with the department;
(B) the facility is in compliance with the
facility standards set forth in §
69.49 of this title (relating to
General Facilities Standards) and any additional standards or requirements set
forth in the permit provisions of the supervisory permittee; and
(C) the subpermittee engages only in the
rehabilitation activities authorized by the department to be undertaken at the
satellite facility, including but not limited to restrictions on numbers and
kinds of animals, life stages, and any other restrictions deemed necessary by
the department.
(2) A
permittee who registers a satellite facility with the department shall be
responsible for the conduct of the subpermittee at the satellite facility with
respect to all activities governed under this subchapter and applicable permit
provisions and shall visit each satellite facility no less frequently than once
per 120 days to verify that the satellite facility is compliant with the
provisions of this subchapter and applicable permit provisions. The department
may prescribe alternatives to physical visitation for permittees with a
demonstrated history of compliance.
(3) The department will not authorize the
registration of more than one satellite facility per subpermittee.
(4) No person may be a subpermittee for more
than one permittee.
(d)
No permittee shall change facility location or receive unauthorized species, or
conduct unauthorized activities unless the permittee possesses an amended
permit authorizing such activity.
(e) Permits issued under this section may be
issued for any period of time not exceeding three years from the date of
issuance.
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