NAC503.435. Requirements for assisting raptor rehabilitator.

     1. A general or master falconry licensee may assist a raptor rehabilitator in conditioning a raptor for release to the wild subject to the provisions of this section.

     2. The falconry licensee must possess a written statement from the raptor rehabilitator which identifies the raptor and explains that the falconry licensee is assisting the raptor rehabilitator pursuant to this section.

     3. The raptor may be kept at a facility owned or maintained by the falconry licensee.

     4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, the raptor does not count toward the number of raptors that the falconry licensee may possess pursuant to NAC 503.250.

     5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, not later than the expiration of the period during which the raptor rehabilitator may possess the raptor pursuant to his or her permit to rehabilitate raptors:

     (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) and unless otherwise authorized by the Department, the falconry licensee shall release the raptor to the wild or return the raptor to the raptor rehabilitator for release to the wild; and

     (b) If the raptor is unprepared for release to the wild, the falconry licensee shall return the raptor to the raptor rehabilitator.

     6. If a raptor is transferred from a raptor rehabilitator to a falconry licensee pursuant to NAC 503.225, the raptor:

     (a) Need not be released to the wild; and

     (b) Counts toward the number of raptors that the falconry licensee may obtain or possess pursuant to his or her permit, NRS 503.583 and NAC 503.250 and 503.300.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs by R047-11, eff. 4-5-2013)