NAC503.240. Falconry license: Classifications; issuance.

     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.

     [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)

Notation

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.”