312 IAC 9-12-2 Mandatory hunter education for an individual born after December 31, 1986

Sec. 2. (a) In addition to the requirements for obtaining a hunting license under IC 14-22-11, an individual born after December 31, 1986, must have successfully completed a course in hunter education by the department or the department's agent under IC 14-22-35-1 and this rule. (b) As used in subsection (a), "department's agent" includes a person approved to administer a hunter education program in Indiana, as well as a program found by the director to provide hunter education substantially equivalent to an approved Indiana program in any of the following: (1) Another state. (2) A province of Canada. (3) Another country. (c) An individual born after December 31, 1986, is exempt from the requirements in subsection (a) if the individual: (1) purchases an apprentice hunting license authorized under IC 14-22-12-1.7; (2) otherwise complies with the requirements under this article; and (3) is accompanied by an individual who is at least eighteen (18) years of age that either: (A) holds a valid hunting license of any type that is not an apprentice license; or (B) is not required to have a hunting license under IC 14-22-11 and 312 IAC 9-2-14.