312 IAC 9-10-5 - Taxidermist licenses
Authority: IC 14-22-2-6; IC 14-22-21
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 14-22
Sec. 5.
(a) A
license is required under this section for a person who performs taxidermy
services on a wild animal for another person.
(b) A person shall apply for a taxidermist
license on a departmental form.
(c)
A person issued a license under this section must maintain accurate records, on
a calendar year basis, showing the names and addresses of persons from or to
whom wild animals were received or delivered. The records shall:
(1) include the:
(A) species and numbers of wild animals;
and
(B) dates of receipt and
delivery; and
(2) be
retained at the premises of the person issued the license for at least two (2)
years after the end of the license year. A copy of the records must be provided
to a conservation officer upon request.
(d) A person issued a license under this
section shall not accept delivery of a carcass or any part or portion of a wild
animal unless the carcass, part, or portion of a wild animal is tagged with the
following information:
(1) The name and
address of the person making delivery.
(2) The species of animal.
(3) The date, manner, and location, including
the county and state or country (if taken outside the United States), where the
animal was obtained.
(e)
A person issued a license under this section shall not remove the tag described
in subsection (d) from the carcass, part, or portion of a wild animal except
during active taxidermy operations.
(f) A person issued a license under this
section may sell a lawfully acquired and mounted specimen of wild animal, where
the:
(1) tag is affixed; and
(2) sale is immediately recorded in a log
book.
(g) A person
issued a license under this section shall not possess a wild animal taken
outside the season except under a permit obtained from the department under
this subsection. A permit for a special taxidermy mount of a protected species
may be granted under this subsection only to an agency or institution that
engages in wildlife education or research as a primary function.
(h) Any:
(1)
record, tag, log book, or other documentation required under this section;
and
(2) storage or work area;
of a person issued a license under this section shall be made available upon request for inspection by a conservation officer.
(i) A federal taxidermy
permit is required to perform taxidermy work on any migratory bird except a
mute swan.
(j) A license may be
suspended, denied, or revoked under IC 4-21.5 if the license holder fails to
comply with any of the following:
(1) A
provision of a license issued under this section.
(2) IC 14-22-21.
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