Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-40 - Ohio Ginseng Management Program › Section 1501:31-40-02 - Ginseng registration permit; dealer record requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Dealers and
			 buyers shall acquire a state dealer's registration permit each year prior to
			 purchasing or otherwise acquiring Ohio ginseng legally harvested in that year.
			 The dealer state registration permit is nontransferable and shall expire
			 annually on August thirty-first of each calendar year.
(B) No person shall buy or otherwise acquire
			 or possess Ohio dry uncertified wild or dry uncertified cultivated ginseng from
			 April first through September fifteenth of each year, or green uncertified wild
			 or green uncertified cultivated ginseng from April first through August
			 thirty-first without written authorization from the chief of the division of
			 wildlife. Live immature cultivated ginseng plants and seeds from cultivated
			 ginseng plants sold by commercial growers for propagation purposed within the
			 United States are no regarded as harvested and are exempt from the
			 certification requirement and may be possessed at any time provided any person
			 possessing such cultivated ginseng supplies proof of purchase, upon demand, to
			 any law enforcement office having jurisdiction.
(C) No person within Ohio shall acquire
			 ginseng from any collector, buyer, dealer, or grower without making and
			 retaining an accurate legible record of the seller's name and address; dealer's
			 state registration permit number and ginseng lot state certification of legal
			 taking number when applicable; number of pounds and ounces green and/or dry
			 weight of ginseng collected or cultivated in each Ohio county, compiled
			 separately for wild and cultivated lots; year of harvest; and the date of the
			 transaction. These records as well as the accompanying ginseng shall be open to
			 inspection to any authorized employee of the division of wildlife and/or any
			 law enforcement officer having jurisdiction at all reasonable hours.
(D) No person shall sell ginseng without
			 providing to the purchaser an accurate record of his name and address; dealer's
			 state registration permit number and ginseng lot state certification of legal
			 taking number when applicable; number of pounds and ounces green and/or dry
			 weight of ginseng collected or cultivated in each Ohio county, and compiled
			 separately for wild and cultivated lots; and year of harvest.
(E) Dealers and buyers of ginseng shall
			 display and distribute educational materials about ginseng, ginseng
			 regulations, and the Ohio ginseng management program as provided by the chief
			 of the division of wildlife.
(F)
			 Dealers and buyers shall keep accurate legible records on all ginseng sold and
			 purchased. These records shall be submitted to the chief of the division or his
			 agent on a monthly or quarterly basis or as otherwise required; shall include
			 purchases of ginseng to be sold on separate sheets from actual sales; and shall
			 include:
(1) The purchaser's and/or seller's
			 name and address;
(2) The other
			 dealer's permit number and lot certification when applicable;
(3) The number of pounds and ounces dry
			 and/or green weight of ginseng collected or cultivated in an Ohio county,
			 compiled separately for wild and cultivated lots;
(4) The year of harvest; and
(5) The date of the transaction of all Ohio
			 ginseng sold. These records as well as the accompanying ginseng shall be open
			 to inspection by any authorized employee of the division of wildlife and/or any
			 law enforcement officer having jurisdiction at all reasonable hours and must be
			 available to support the origin of ginseng being certified for sale and
			 shipment.