Section 69.45 - Permit Required(a) Except as may be otherwise provided by this subchapter, no person may possess wildlife for purposes of rehabilitation unless the person possesses a valid permit issued under the provisions of this subchapter.(b) Except as otherwise provided under Chapter 65, Subchapter B, of this title (relating to Disease Detection and Response), licensed veterinarians may hold, possess, and transport wildlife to provide emergency medical care or stabilization care until they are stabilized and able to be transferred, at which time the wildlife must be transferred to a permitted rehabilitator.(c) A person may possess protected wildlife for rehabilitation purposes at a satellite facility, provided:(1) the person is listed as a subpermittee on the valid permit of a supervisory permittee and possesses a copy of the valid permit at the satellite facility; (A) the supervisory permittee has registered the facility with the department;(B) the facility is in compliance with the facility standards set forth in § 69.49 of this title (relating to General Facilities Standards) and any additional standards or requirements set forth in the permit provisions of the supervisory permittee; and(C) the subpermittee engages only in the rehabilitation activities authorized by the department to be undertaken at the satellite facility, including but not limited to restrictions on numbers and kinds of animals, life stages, and any other restrictions deemed necessary by the department.(2) A permittee who registers a satellite facility with the department shall be responsible for the conduct of the subpermittee at the satellite facility with respect to all activities governed under this subchapter and applicable permit provisions and shall visit each satellite facility no less frequently than once per 120 days to verify that the satellite facility is compliant with the provisions of this subchapter and applicable permit provisions. The department may prescribe alternatives to physical visitation for permittees with a demonstrated history of compliance.(3) The department will not authorize the registration of more than one satellite facility per subpermittee.(4) No person may be a subpermittee for more than one permittee.(d) No permittee shall change facility location or receive unauthorized species, or conduct unauthorized activities unless the permittee possesses an amended permit authorizing such activity.(e) Permits issued under this section may be issued for any period of time not exceeding three years from the date of issuance.31 Tex. Admin. Code § 69.45
The provisions of this §69.45 adopted to be effective January 30, 1997, 22 TexReg 902; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 02, January 8, 2021, TexReg 0306, eff. 1/15/2021