Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES
Chapter 90 - GAME: DEER
Section 4VAC15-90-294 - Rehabilitation of cervids
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. For the purposes of this section:
"Juvenile"means any cervid less than one year of age on December 31 of the current calendar year.
"Adult" means any cervid greater than one year of age on December 31 of the current calendar year.
B. No person permitted by the department to rehabilitate cervids may rehabilitate or release adult cervids. Rehabilitators permitted by the department may transport and temporarily possess adult cervids solely for the purpose of immediate humane dispatch but must notify the department immediately after the deer has been dispatched.
C. Juvenile cervids requiring continued rehabilitation beyond December 31 of the current calendar year shall not be transported, possessed, released, or rehabilitated without written authorization from the department.
D. Cervids that originate within an area designated by the department for disease management shall not be transported or possessed for the purposes of rehabilitation. If such a cervid is brought to a rehabilitator permitted by the department, the permittee shall hold the cervid in isolation and immediately notify the department.
E. Cervids from any county (including the cities and towns therein) containing an area designated by the department for cervid disease management may be rehabilitated and released in the county of origin only if the cervid originated from a portion of the county outside the disease management area.
Statutory Authority: §§ 29.1-103 and 29.1-501 of the Code of Virginia.
