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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 08.03.09.04" title_num="08" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="09" heading="Importation and Possession of Wildlife.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A person or corporation shall obtain a permit from the Service before he may import or possess any live wildlife for release into the wild.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Service shall grant a permit only on satisfactory proof that the specific wildlife intended to be imported will:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be free of any communicable disease at the time of their importation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Not be inimical to the native flora and fauna.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Application for the permit shall be filed with the Service not less than 60 days before the proposed date of importation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The provisions of this regulation do not apply to the importation of wildlife for:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Use in laboratories;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Use in exhibitions;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Other uses which require that the wildlife is held in captivity; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Use in field trials or for training hunting dogs, except furbearing mammals.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>