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Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
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Title 232. Fish and Wildlife, Department of (Wildlife) |
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Chapter 232-12. Permanent regulations. |
Section 232-12-853. Wildlife rehabilitation—Records retention and reporting requirements.
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- (1) This section contains records retention and reporting requirements for primary permittees on wildlife rehabilitation permits. Other state and federal laws and regulations may require additional records retention and reporting. It is the primary permittee's responsibility to comply with all state and federal laws and regulations, and to ensure that his or her subpermittees do the same.(2) Retaining records.(a) The primary permittee must keep all required permits and records at the wildlife rehabilitation facility and retain those permits and records for a period of five years. Electronic records retention is acceptable.(b) The primary permittee must make the permits and records available for inspection by department personnel upon request.(3) Daily ledger.(a) The primary permittee must record the following information in his or her daily ledger: All wildlife acquisitions; transfers; admissions; releases; deaths; reasons for admission; nature of illness or injury; dates of release, transfer, or any other disposition; and any tag or band numbers.(b) The primary permittee must make the daily ledger available for inspection by department personnel upon request.(4) Annual report.(a) The primary permittee must fill out the annual report form provided by the department and submit the annual report to the department no later than January 31st of each year.(b) Along with the annual report form, the primary permittee must submit a copy of his or her daily ledger containing records for the year.(5) Reporting requirements for threatened, endangered, or sensitive wildlife.(a) The primary permittee must notify the department's wildlife rehabilitation manager within twenty-four hours of receiving wildlife designated as a threatened or endangered species under state or federal laws or rules.(b) The primary permittee must notify the department's wildlife rehabilitation manager within seventy-two hours of receiving a state designated sensitive species.(c) The primary permittee must notify the department's wildlife rehabilitation manager within twenty-four hours if a state or federally designated threatened or endangered species in his or her possession dies. The primary permittee must receive prior department approval before disposing of deceased state or federally designated threatened or endangered species.(6) The primary permittee must notify the department's wildlife rehabilitation manager within seventy-two hours if he or she admits any wildlife that has a band, research marker, tag, or transmitter attached to it. The primary permittee must include band numbers and any other relevant information in the report. Primary permittees must send these reports, in writing, to the department's wildlife rehabilitation manager at P.O. Box 43200, Olympia, WA 98504-3200, or at rehabcoord@dfw.wa.gov.(7) The primary permittee must report the following diseases, confirmed by a veterinarian, to the department's wildlife veterinarian within twenty-four hours of diagnosis: West Nile virus, white-nose syndrome, avian cholera, avian pox, duck viral enteritis, psittacosis, rabies, environmental toxins, canine distemper, tuberculosis, Newcastle disease, salmonellosis, hair loss syndrome, deer adenovirus, plague, leptospirosis, and tularemia.(8) If wildlife is stolen or missing from a primary permittee or subpermittee, the primary permittee must report the stolen or missing wildlife to the department and to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Law Enforcement office within twenty-four hours of discovering the theft of the wildlife.(9) A violation of this section is punishable under RCW 77.15.750(1), Unlawful use of a department permit—Penalty.