Section 08.54.620 - Class-A assistant guide license(a) A natural person is entitled to a class-A assistant guide license if the person (1) is 21 years of age or older;(2) applies for a class-A assistant guide license on a form provided by the department and pays the license application fee and the license fee;(3) possesses a current first aid card issued by the Red Cross or a similar organization; and(4) either (A) has(i) been employed during at least three calendar years as any class of licensed guide in the game management unit for which the license is sought; and(ii) at least 10 years' hunting experience in the state; military service outside of the state for not more than three years shall be accepted as part of the required 10 years' hunting experience;(B) provides (i) evidence that the person physically resides in the game management unit in which the person is to be employed;(ii) evidence that the person has had at least 15 years' hunting experience in the game management unit in which the person is to be employed; military service outside of the state for not more than three years shall be accepted as part of the required 15 years' hunting experience; and(iii) a written recommendation from a registered guide-outfitter who intends to employ the person as a class-A assistant guide; or(C) provides evidence that the person(i) physically resides in the game management unit in which the person is to be employed;(ii) has at least 10 years' hunting experience in the state; military service outside of the state for not more than three years shall be accepted as part of the required 10 years' hunting experience; and(iii) has passed a class-A assistant guide training course approved by the board.(b) A class-A assistant guide (1) may not contract to guide or outfit a big game hunt;(2) shall be employed by and under the supervision of a registered guide-outfitter who has contracted with the client for whom the class-A assistant guide is conducting the hunt;(3) may take charge of a camp and provide guide services from the camp without the contracting registered guide-outfitter being in the field and participating in the contracted hunt if the contracting registered guide-outfitter is supervising the guiding activities;(4) may not perform functions of a class-A assistant guide outside of the game management unit for which the license is issued; and(5) may be employed by a registered guide-outfitter to perform the functions of an assistant guide in any game management unit.