1. (a) A person requesting a wildlife control operator’s license shall provide, on the application available at wildlife-control-operator.pdf (state.nh.us), the following:

   1. (1) Name and address;
   2. (2) Date of birth;
   3. (3) Height and weight;
   4. (4) Telephone number;
   5. (5) Business name and address, if operating a business;
   6. (6) Level of license;
   7. (7) A current NH trapping license number, if applying for a level I license;
   8. (8) Proof of completion of a trapper education course, if the applicant does not possess a trapping license and the applicant is applying for a level II license;
   9. (9) Previous level II wildlife control operator’s license or proof, as specified in paragraph (b) below, that the requirements of Fis 308.05(b) have been met, if the applicant is applying for a level II license;
   10. (10) If the applicant wishes to use snares, proof of completion of a snaring workshop as required in Fis 308.03(b);
   11. (11) An indication as to whether the licensee would like his or her name and contact information provided on a list of wildlife control operators provided by the department; and

   12. (12) Signature of the applicant subject to the penalties for making unsworn false statements under

       RSA 641:3.

2. (b) Proof that the requirements of Fis 308.05(b) have been met shall include a certificate or letter from NWCOA, or a certificate or letter from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, or any state, province, or organization conducting a similar workshop, stating that the individual has completed the workshop.

3. (c) Level I and Level II operators shall include on the “Wildlife Control Operator Reporting Form”, available at wco-form.pdf (state.nh.us), the following:

   1. (1) The licensee’s name, phone number, home and business address;
   2. (2) The level of license and license number held;
   3. (3) The time period covered by the report;
   4. (4) Whether or not nuisance wildlife was trapped;
   5. (5) The number of nuisance furbearing animals by species killed in each town and wildlife management unit during the reporting period; and
   6. (6) Licensee’s signature subject to the penalties for making unsworn false statements under RSA 641:3.

4. (d) Level II operators shall also report, for all bats that are excluded, the following information:

   1. (1) Date of exclusion;
   2. (2) Species of bat excluded;
   3. (3) Estimated number of bats in the colony;
   4. (4) Type of structure bats were excluded from;
   5. (5) Town where exclusion was done;
   6. (6) If exclusions were performed between May 15 and August 15, whether pups were present, as specified in Fis 1001.05(b)(2);
   7. (7) If exclusions were performed between August 1 and August 15, whether pups were flying for 2 weeks or more prior to the exclusion, as specified in Fis 1001.05(b)(3); and
   8. (8) Note any public health related exclusions.

Source. #8385, eff 6-25-05 (from Fis 308.06); amd by #9163, eff 5-28-08l; ss by #10142, eff 6-5-12; amd by #12591, eff 7-25-18; ss by #13644, eff 6-1-23