Section Fis 803.05 - Permits to Import Wildlife(a) No live wildlife or their hybrids, designated as controlled, or the eggs or progeny thereof, shall be imported into the state for any purposes without a permit to import wildlife or except as otherwise permitted under RSA 207:1-a, RSA 214:34-d, RSA 209-A:3, IV, and Fis 810.07(d).(b) All species not specifically designated and listed under the categories of non-controlled, prohibited, or controlled shall be designated as prohibited.(c) The executive director shall review each application to import wildlife and shall make a determination as to whether such importation shall be permitted. No permit shall be issued if there is any significant disease, genetic, ecological, environmental, health, safety, or welfare risks to the public or other wildlife species.(d) An application for a permit to import wildlife for any species designated as controlled shall be submitted to the department no less than 30 days in advance of the requested importation date.(e) Applicants for a permit to import wildlife who already hold a permit to possess, propagate, exhibit or other special permit shall provide such permit number on the application to import as evidence that the applicant holds the necessary permits to possess and/or release wildlife.(f) A permit to import wildlife shall expire December 31 of the year issued.(g) Wildlife determined by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to be endangered or threatened and those treated as endangered or threatened because they are sufficiently similar in appearance to endangered or threatened species shall be prohibited from importation into New Hampshire without first obtaining the appropriate federal permit pursuant to 50 CFR 17.N.H. Code Admin. R. Fis 803.05
(See Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 800) #5507, eff 11-20-92; amd by #5721, eff 10-14-93; ss by #6889, eff 11-21-98, EXPIRED: 11-21-06
New. #8767, INTERIM, eff 11-22-06, EXPIRED: 5-21-07
New. #8893, eff 6-5-07
Amended by Volume XXXV Number 27, Filed July 9, 2015 , Proposed by #10868, Effective 6/25/2015, Expires12/22/2015.Amended by Volume XXXVI Number 06, Filed February 11, 2016, Proposed by #11029, Effective 1/26/2016, Expires 1/26/2026.