15A NCAC 10K .0103      INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION

(a)  Hunter Education Instructors shall be certified by the Commission prior to delivering basic hunter education courses.

(b)  To be eligible for Hunter Education Instructor Certification an individual shall:

(1)           be at least 21 years of age at the time of application;

(2)           possess a certificate of competency from a Commission-approved basic hunter education course.

(3)           complete and submit to the Commission, the North Carolina Hunter Education Instructors application, available at ncwildlife.org, with the following information:

(A)          name, address, email, phone number; and

(B)          date of birth.

(4)           complete the Commission-led Hunter Education Instructors course and score 80 percent or higher on the written examination.

(5)           submit to a background investigation including a records check with none of the following disqualifying convictions identified:

(A)          a felony;

(B)          a crime or unlawful act defined as a "Class 1" misdemeanor within the five-year period prior to the date of application; or

(C)          any conviction of game and fish law which would require a mandatory suspension and or revocation of a license as indicated in G.S. 113‑276.3 within the three-year period prior to the date of application.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 113‑134; 113‑270.1A;

Eff. May 1, 1996;

Amended Eff. April 1, 2003;

Readopted Eff. February 1, 2024.