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...All hunter education courses will be conducted and administered in accordance with policies and procedures established by the chief. Volunteer instructors must possess a valid ohio hunter education instructor certification card at the time they conduct a course. The official course of instruction will be established by the chief. Instructors will obtain student manuals and other training materials for their courses f...

...First-time fur taker permit buyers wanting to trap furbearing animals shall complete a trapper education course or other course of instruction as prescribed by the division of wildlife. The approved courses of instruction, shall include, but not be limited to, the subject matter required in section 1533.111 of the Revised Code. The official course, or courses of instruction, shall be approved by the chief of the divi...

...(A) It shall be lawful to release game birds on a commercial bird shooting preserve without banding each bird prior to hunting. Provided further, it shall be unlawful to possess any bird taken from a commercial bird shooting preserve that does not have attached to it a tag or seal provided by the division of wildlife. (B) It shall be unlawful to fail to clearly define the boundaries of each commercial bird shooting ...

...(A) Field trials may be conducted from the first day of September through the last day of April. If the last day of April is a Saturday, then field trials may be conducted on the first day of May. (B) Quails, chukar partridges, ducks, pheasants, and other game birds approved for release in conjunction with an authorized field trial may be released unbanded provided no game birds are to be killed ...

...(A) It shall be unlawful for a person to engage in falconry without an Ohio falconry permit except as provided in paragraph (C) of this rule. The falconry permit fee shall be seventy-five dollars for a new applicant and twenty-five dollars for each year the permit is issued. Permits may be issued for up to three years. The falconry permit shall expire on the date specified on the permit. Current holders of a valid fa...

...(A) Falconry permits. Ohio falconry permits may be issued for up to three years and expire at midnight on the date specified on the permit. (1) The fee for a new falconry permit is seventy-five dollars plus twenty-five dollars for each year the permit is issued. (2) The renewal fee is twenty-five dollars for each year the permit is issued. (3) Hunting license requirements under section 1533.10...

...(A) No person shall capture or attempt to capture a raptor without having first obtained a raptor capture permit. The capture permit fee is fifteen dollars, and expires on the date listed on the permit. The permit authroizes the applicant to take the species of raptor mentioned on the permit and within the time allotted on the permit. If a raptor is captured by the permittee, the permittee shall f...

...(A) No person shall capture or attempt to capture a raptor without having first obtained a raptor capture permit. The capture permit fee shall be fifteen dollars, and shall expire on the date listed on the permit. The permit shall authorize the applicant to take the species of raptor mentioned on the permit and within the time allotted on the permit. If a raptor is captured by the permittee, the p...

...(A) Raptor capture. It shall be unlawful for an Ohio falconry permit holder to capture or attempt to capture a raptor without first obtaining a raptor capture permit. A raptor capture permit authorizes a falconry permit holder to capture one raptor of the species listed on the permit. The fee for a raptor capture permit is fifteen dollars. Raptor capture permits expire at midnight on the date lis...

...(A) It shall be unlawful for a person to engage in aquaculture without first making application for and receiving an aquaculture permit issued by the chief of the division of wildlife or their designee. (1) The application shall include the name of the applicant, name of the aquaculture production facility, class of aquaculture permit requested, the common and scientific names of the aquatic spec...

...(A) It shall be unlawful for a person to engage in aquaculture without first making application for and receiving an aquaculture permit issued by the chief of the division of wildlife or their designee. (1) The application shall include the name of the applicant, name of the aquaculture production facility, class of aquaculture permit requested, the common and scientific names of the aquatic spec...

...(A) Dealers and buyers shall acquire a state dealer's registration permit each year prior to purchasing or otherwise acquiring Ohio ginseng legally harvested in that year. The dealer state registration permit is nontransferable and shall expire annually on August thirty-first of each calendar year. (B) No person shall buy or otherwise acquire or possess Ohio dry uncertified wild or dry uncertified cultivated ginsen...

...(A) A ginseng dealer state registration permit issued pursuant to section 1533.881 of the Revised Code is nontransferable and expires on August thirty-first each calendar year. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this rule and rule 1501:31-40-01 of the Administrative Code, no person shall buy, acquire, or possess: (1) Uncertified dry wild or cultivated ginseng from April first through Septem...

...(A) Upon a finding that it will be for the best interests of the division, the chief may make available for dredging programs on state waters, or along the Muskingum river certain heavy equipment owned by the state of Ohio and utilized by the division in maintenance of the rivers, lakes, and lake channels, and qualified operators of such equipment who are employed by or are agents of the division....

...(A) Upon a finding that it will be for the best interests of the division, the chief may make available for dredging programs on state waters, or along the Muskingum river certain heavy equipment owned by the state of Ohio and utilized by the division in maintenance of the rivers, lakes, and lake channels, and qualified operators of such equipment who are employed by or are agents of the division. The fees charged fo...

...The chief may determine the fees to be charged for the use of any group camping area or facility rental based upon type of facility, park, season, location, amenities, or level of occupancy. Fees charged for the use of a state operated designated group camping area may be determined as a single rate for the use of the designated group camping area or determined based on number of persons utilizing the designated grou...

...Persons who are Ohio residents and holders of a "Golden Buckeye Card," issued by the Ohio department of aging on or after September 1, 2003, are eligible for reduced rates and fees on certain recreation facilities and related activities. The discounts for qualifying persons are as follows: (A) Fifty per cent off of the camping fees listed in rule 1501:46-2-11 of the Administrative Code. This discount doe...

...(A) For any special activities permit issued under the authority of rule 1501:46-3-28 of the Administrative Code the person requesting the permit shall pay a non-refundable application fee of up to fifty dollars to the division to pay administrative costs for the processing of the permit. Exempt from this fee are special activities where the division is the sponsor or a cosponsor. (B) A special a...

...The maximum period of time that any person is permitted to stay overnight in any designated campground or other rented overnight facility within a state park shall not exceed fourteen days in any thirty day time frame. Any attempt to circumvent the fourteen night limitation by means of changing the registered name of a group or individual, creating multiple user profiles, or otherwise altering reservation information...

...(A) Except as authorized in writing by the area manager, it is unlawful to: (1) Operate any motor vehicle, bicycle, motorized bicycle, or electric bicycle within any area administered by the division except on such roads, driveways, and other such thoroughfares which are designated or posted for such purposes, (2) Drive around any barrier or gate which is across a road, driveway, trail, or other...

...Unless otherwise defined in rule 1501:46-1-04 of the Administrative Code, the definitions set forth in section 1531.01 of the Revised Code are incorporated herein and made a part hereof.

...The owner of any watercraft required to be registered under the provisions of section 1547.54 of the Revised Code shall, prior to the operation of such watercraft, apply to the chief of the division of parks and watercraft or an authorized agent designated under the provisions of section 1546.03 of the Revised Code for a registration certificate for such watercraft. Whenever the information contained on a registrati...

...The owner of any watercraft required to be registered under the provisions of section 1547.54 of the Revised Code shall, prior to the operation of such watercraft, apply to the chief of the division of parks and watercraft or an authorized agent designated under the provisions of section 1546.03 of the Revised Code for a registration certificate for such watercraft. Whenever the information contained on a registrati...

...An application for mail renewal of a registration certificate may be made by the owner on forms mailed to and provided by the chief of the division of parks and watercraft. The same Ohio registration number shall be issued upon renewal. Such application for mail renewal shall contain all of the information required in rule 1501:47-1-02 of the Administrative Code except paragraph (M) of that rule.

...An application for mail renewal of a registration certificate may be made by the owner on forms mailed to and provided by the chief of the division of parks and watercraft. The same Ohio registration number will be issued upon renewal. Such application for mail renewal shall contain all of the information required in rule 1501:47-1-02 of the Administrative Code except paragraph (M) of that rule.