Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6

Affected: IC 14-22

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. (1) Another state.
2. (2) A province of Canada.
3. (3) Another country.

(c) An individual born after December 31, 1986, is exempt from the requirements in subsection (a) if the individual:

1. (1) purchases an apprentice hunting license authorized under IC 14-22-12-1.7;
2. (2) otherwise complies with the requirements under this article; and

3. (3) is accompanied by an individual who is at least eighteen (18) years of age that either:

   1. (A) holds a valid hunting license of any type that is not an apprentice license; or
   2. (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; readopted filed Sep 18, 2019, 1:16 p.m.: 20191016-IR-312190325RFA; readopted filed Mar 25, 2025, 9:50 a.m.: 20250423-IR-312240574RFA)