Section 312IAC9-12-2. Mandatory hunter education for an individual born after December 31, 1986

   (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.

(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-12-2; filed May 27, 1997, 3:50 p.m.: 20 IR 2758; readopted filed Jul 28, 2003, 12:00 p.m.: 27 IR 286; readopted filed Nov 24, 2008, 11:08 a.m.: 20081210-IR-312080672RFA; filed Nov 3, 2009, 3:34 p.m.: 20091202-IR-312090044FRA; readopted filed May 20, 2014, 9:43 a.m.: 20140618-IR-312140017RFA)