2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - GAME
Chapter 27 - Hunting and Furtaking Licenses
2704 - Eligibility for license.

     § 2704.  Eligibility for license.
        (a)  General rule.--Persons meeting the requirements of this
     title who have reached or will reach their 12th birthday in the
     calendar year of application or who are older, whose hunting and
     furtaking privileges are valid and who shall meet the
     application requirements set forth in this title and pay the
     prescribed license cost and issuance fee shall be eligible to
     obtain the applicable hunting or furtaking license.
        (b)  Hunter education.--Persons who have not held a hunting
     license lawfully issued to them in this Commonwealth or another
     state or nation or have not hunted under the exceptions in
     section 2706 (relating to resident license and fee exemptions)
     or do not possess a certificate of training approved by the
     director prior to the enactment of this title shall be required
     to attain accreditation in a hunter education program approved
     by the director before a hunting license is issued to them. The
     provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a person who
     presents:
            (1)  Evidence of service in the armed forces of the
        United States or in the United States Coast Guard and
        discharge or separation under honorable conditions within six
        months of the date of application.
            (2)  Evidence that the person is currently serving in the
        armed forces of the United States or in the United States
        Coast Guard.
        (c)  Furtaker's certificate of training.--No resident or
     nonresident furtaker's license shall be issued to any applicant
     unless the applicant presents to the agent authorized to issue
     the license any one of the following:
            (1)  Evidence that the applicant has held a trapping or
        furtaker's license issued by another state or nation.
            (2)  A certificate of training issued under this section.
            (3)  A certification signed by the applicant on the
        furtaker's license application that the applicant completed a
        voluntary trapping course sponsored by the commission or that
        the applicant has previously hunted or trapped furbearers
        within the last five years.
     The provisions of this section shall not apply to those persons
     under 12 years of age who trap furbearers under the direct
     supervision of an adult licensed furtaker 18 years of age or
     older.
        (d)  Duties of commission.--
            (1)  The commission shall provide for a course of
        instruction, approved by the director, in the safe and
        ethical utilization of firearms and traps or other devices
        used for taking furbearers. The commission may cooperate with
        any reputable association or organization in presentation of
        this course.
            (2)  The commission may designate any person who the
        commission determines to be competent to give instruction in
        the handling of firearms, traps or other devices to act as an
        instructor. The appointed person shall give the course of
        instruction and shall issue to each person who successfully
        completes the course of instruction a certificate of training
        in the handling of firearms, traps or other devices. No
        charge shall be made for the course of instruction, except as
        may be provided by this title or by regulations promulgated
        under this title.
            (3)  The commission shall furnish information on the
        requirements of the furtaker's education program which shall
        be distributed, free of charge, to applicants for furtaker
        licenses by the persons appointed and authorized to issue the
        licenses.
            (4)  The provisions of this section shall not apply to
        those persons under 12 years of age who trap furbearers under
        the direct supervision of an adult licensed furtaker 18 years
        of age or older.
        (e)  Compliance by certification.--The requirements of
     subsection (b) or (c) shall be deemed met by a certification
     signed by the applicant on the license application stating that
     the applicant has held a license issued by the Commonwealth or
     another state or nation in a prior year but is unable to produce
     evidence of holding such license.
        (f)  Courses combined.--Subject to the approval of the
     commission, the director may combine the courses of instruction
     in hunter education and furtaker's training into one
     comprehensive course.
     (Nov. 25, 1988, P.L.1082, No.125, eff. imd.; June 22, 1993,
     P.L.102, No.23, eff. imd.; Dec. 20, 2000, P.L.783, No.111, eff.
     July 1, 2001)

        2000 Amendment.  Act 111 amended subsec. (d).
        1993 Amendment.  Act 23 amended subsec. (a). Section 2 of Act
     23 provided that Act 23 shall apply to the license year
     beginning July 1, 1993, and to each license year thereafter.
        1988 Amendment.  Act 125 amended subsec. (b).
        Cross References.  Section 2704 is referred to in sections
     327, 2363, 2701, 2706 of this title; section 913 of Title 18
     (Crimes and Offenses).