NAC504.492. Application: Availability; contents; requirements for submission.

     1. An application for a permit to rehabilitate wildlife may be obtained from:

     (a) The headquarters of the Department; or

     (b) The regional office of the Department in Fallon, Elko or Las Vegas.

     2. The applicant must include on the application for a permit to rehabilitate wildlife:

     (a) The name of the applicant;

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

     (c) The telephone number of the applicant’s residence;

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

     (e) The date of birth of the applicant;

     (f) The street address or legal description of the premises or locations where the facilities to be used in rehabilitating the wildlife are or will be located;

     (g) The name, business address and telephone number, and the signature of the practicing veterinarian licensed in this State who will examine, diagnose and perform veterinary services on and, if required, euthanize the injured, ill, orphaned or otherwise debilitated wildlife;

     (h) The name, address and telephone number of each person who will routinely:

          (1) Transport the wildlife to be rehabilitated; or

          (2) Assist the applicant at the facility where the wildlife will be rehabilitated;

     (i) The specific species or taxa of wildlife to be rehabilitated, including:

          (1) Amphibians;

          (2) Reptiles;

          (3) Passerine and nonpasserine birds, other than those birds in the order Falconiformes or Strigiformes;

          (4) Raptors and birds in the order Falconiformes or Strigiformes; and

          (5) Mammals;

     (j) A detailed description of the experience which the applicant has in working with the species or taxa identified in the application, including, but not limited to:

          (1) Previous work, which can be verified, in rehabilitating wildlife;

          (2) Assistance to a person who holds a current license or permit to rehabilitate wildlife; and

          (3) Assistance to a licensed veterinarian who has routinely worked on wildlife;

     (k) A complete description, including a diagram, of the holding facilities, cages or aquaria, as appropriate, that will be used to confine the wildlife during its rehabilitation;

     (l) If the applicant currently holds or has previously held a similar license or permit in another state, the name of each state in which such a license or permit is held or has been held;

     (m) If the applicant has been convicted of violating the laws or regulations relating to wildlife of any state or the United States Fish and Wildlife Service within the 5 years immediately preceding the date of the application, a description of each violation and the name of the state in which the conviction occurred;

     (n) Whether, at the time of the application, the privileges granted to the applicant by another state or the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to the rehabilitation of wildlife are suspended or revoked; and

     (o) The signature of the applicant and the date on which he or she signed the application.

     3. The applicant must submit his or her application to the headquarters of the Department. If the applicant intends to rehabilitate wildlife for which he or she is required to obtain a special federal permit from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the applicant must include with his or her application a copy of the permit or evidence satisfactory to the Department that approval for such a permit is pending. A permit to rehabilitate wildlife issued by the Department is not valid for the purposes of the rehabilitation of wildlife for which a federal permit is required until the Department receives a copy of the federal permit.

     4. Before the Department will issue an initial permit to rehabilitate wildlife pursuant to this section, the applicant must provide to the Department:

     (a) Documentation which substantiates that the applicant has at least 2 years of practical experience working with a licensed rehabilitator of wildlife; or

     (b) A letter which is written by a licensed veterinarian who is experienced in the care of wildlife and which substantiates the qualifications of the applicant to rehabilitate wildlife.

     5. If the applicant applies to rehabilitate bobcats, mountain lions or black bears, the applicant must comply with the standards for facilities established for those species in NAC 504.476.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs by R151-96, eff. 5-27-98; A by R168-99, 1-19-2000)