NAC503.094. Scientific permit for collection or possession of wildlife.

     1. The Department may issue a scientific permit pursuant to NRS 503.650 which authorizes the taking, killing, possessing or banding of any species of wildlife, or the collecting of the nest or eggs thereof, for strictly scientific or educational purposes.

     2. An applicant for a scientific permit must include on his or her application:

     (a) The name of the applicant;

     (b) The name of the company or institution that the applicant is representing;

     (c) The physical or mailing addresses of the applicant’s residence and place of employment;

     (d) The telephone numbers of the applicant’s residence and place of employment;

     (e) The driver’s license number of the applicant, if he or she has been issued a driver’s license;

     (f) The name of each person or group of persons who will collect wildlife under the authority of the scientific permit and at the direction of the applicant;

     (g) The common and scientific name and the number of each species of wildlife, or nests or eggs thereof, to be collected, possessed, marked or banded;

     (h) The manner and means by which each specimen of wildlife will be collected or captured;

     (i) The locations at which and the dates when the specimens of wildlife are to be collected;

     (j) A brief synopsis, not to exceed five pages, of the purpose and justification for the collection and possession of the specimens of wildlife;

     (k) The location where the specimens of wildlife will be transferred or held once collected; and

     (l) The signature of the applicant and the date on which the application was signed.

     3. A scientific permit must be valid for not more than 2 years. Upon its evaluation of the application, the Department will issue the scientific permit based on a calendar year or a fiscal year.

     4. Not later than 30 days after the date on which the permit expires, the holder of a scientific permit shall submit to the Department a complete report which details the species of wildlife collected, the number of each species of wildlife collected at each location, the date on which each species of wildlife was collected and any other information which the Department requires.

     5. Based on its evaluation of the application, the Department may make such stipulations and conditions on the use and scope of a scientific permit as the Department determines appropriate. A violation of a stipulation or condition is cause for the cancellation of the permit.

     6. A scientific permit issued by the Department for the collection or possession of:

     (a) A migratory bird that is protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, as amended, 16 U.S.C. §§ 703 et seq.; or

     (b) A species of wildlife that is listed as threatened or endangered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,

Ê is not valid for the collection or possession of the migratory bird or the threatened or endangered species until the Department receives a copy of the federal permit issued by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to the applicant for the collection or possession of the bird or species.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs, eff. 7-1-97)