Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a)
The executive director or designee shall train and approve persons to instruct
hunter education courses.
(b)
Applicants for hunter education volunteer positions shall provide the
information necessary for a national criminal background check and complete and
submit an "Application for Volunteer Instructor Hunter Education Program", Rev
10/22 and a department of safety criminal record release authorization
form.
(c) All applicants shall
satisfy the following requirements before being approved as a volunteer
instructor for the hunter education program:
(1) Applicants shall be at least 18 years
old;
(2) Applicants shall hold a
certificate of completion, specified in Fis 1201.06, or meet the provisions of
RSA 214:23-a;
(3) Applicants shall
be screened through a national criminal records check and a national sex
offender registry check and shall not be approved as a hunter education
volunteer instructor if the applicant:
a. Has
any convictions or fish and game violations within the previous 5
years;
b. Has any felony
conviction; or
c. Exhibits behavior
during the training and approval process that the hunter education program
coordinator determines would negatively impact the integrity of the hunter
education program, including behaviors that would violate the department's code
of conduct or outbursts anger;
(4) Applicants shall attend a minimum 5-hour
new instructor training session given by the department;
(5) Applicants shall pass the written
instructor's examination established by the department with a minimum score of
90 percent;
(6) Applicants shall
read and sign the department's education program policies and volunteer code of
conduct form and the waiver of liability form;
(7) The "Waiver of Liability" form, Rev
07/2023:
a. Releases the department and the
state from any and all liability for an injury a volunteer may sustain while
participating in volunteer activities with the department;
b. Stipulates that a volunteer is not an
employee and, as such, not covered for personal injury nor entitled to workers
compensation;
c. Acknowledges the
risks, hazards, and dangers associated with volunteer activities, and releases
and holds the department harmless, for current and future generations, from all
claims, demands, and actions that may arise as a result of injury, death, or
property damage sustained by the volunteer;
d. Grants the volunteer indemnity under RSA
206:27-i. So long as the volunteer is under the supervision of a department
employee and is actually performing assigned volunteer duties, they are
protected from civil suits under RSA 99-D, provided no such suit arises from a
criminal act of the volunteer;
e.
Grants the volunteer instructor liability insurance during the time when
instruction is being furnished, per RSA 214:23-c;
f. Establishes that the volunteer instructor
is under the supervision of the hunter education program coordinator;
g. Stipulates that the volunteer instructor
will abide by all policies and procedures and follow the instructions of their
designated supervisor(s); and
h.
Acknowledges that the volunteer's status may be terminated at any time, without
cause.
(d) If
the applicant fails the instructor exam, the applicant shall be notified and
given the opportunity to retake the exam at headquarters within 30 days. If the
exam is failed again, the applicant shall attend a second training session.
Applicants failing the examination a third time shall not be eligible to be
approved as a volunteer instructor.
(e) Upon completion of the requirements of
Fis 1202.01(c), the executive director or designee shall approve the volunteer
instructor to teach hunter education courses and that approval shall be valid
for 2 years and shall expire December 31 at the end of the second calendar year
unless the volunteer instructor meets the requirements of Fis
1202.02.
#6433, eff 1-22-97; (See Revision Note at chapter heading
for Fis 1200) renumbered by #8183, (formerly Fis 1220.01), EXPIRED:
1-22-05
