1. (a) Any person desiring to possess, import, export, breed, raise, protect, rehabilitate, hunt, kill, trap, capture, purchase, or sell any wildlife native to Maryland, shall first obtain a permit or license from the Department.

2. (b) The Secretary shall establish by regulation:

   1. (1) The types and classes of permits and licenses which shall be issued;
   2. (2) The species of wildlife exempt from the permit and license requirement;
   3. (3) Sanitary housing or any other conditions which are necessary for the humane, safe, and healthy possession of wildlife;
   4. (4) Conditions under which captive wildlife may be hunted or released to the wild; and
   5. (5) Record keeping requirements.
3. (c) The Secretary shall charge a reasonable fee for each permit or license.

Added by Acts 1986, c. 805, § 1, eff. July 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1990, c. 6, § 2, eff. Feb. 16, 1990.