Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 19 - Miscellaneous Fur, Fish, Game And Outdoor Recreation › Subchapter II - Wildlife Rehabilitation › Section NR 19.71 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this subchapter:
(1) "Advanced license" means a wildlife
				  rehabilitation license issued by the department to a person qualifying under s.
				  NR
				  19.73(1) and (3).
(1m) "Basic care" means feeding, watering,
				  and cleaning to provide for an animal's basic needs, and does not include tasks
				  such as performing admittance exams and triage, or euthanasia.
(2) "Basic license" means a wildlife
				  rehabilitation license issued by the department to a person qualifying under s.
				  NR
				  19.73(1) and (2).
(2m) "Cage" means any structure in which
				  animals are confined for rehabilitation purposes.
(3) "Department" means the department of
				  natural resources.
(3m) "Direct
				  supervision" means the actual presence of the licensee or consulting
				  veterinarian.
(4) "Euthanasia"
				  means the humane killing of a wild animal in accordance with the current
				  American veterinary medical association standards contained in the most recent
				  report of the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia.
Note:
Reports of the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia
					 are available for inspection at the offices of the Secretary of State, 30 W.
					 Mifflin Street, Madison, WI, the Legislative Reference Bureau, One E. Main
					 Street, Madison, WI, or the department.
(5) "Facilities" means any equipment, housing
				  or shelter used for wildlife rehabilitation.
(6) "Federal permit" means a special purpose
				  permit issued under 50 CFR Part 13 and
				  50 CFR
				  21.27 by the United States fish and wildlife
				  service for the rehabilitation of migratory birds and federally endangered or
				  threatened species.
(6m) "Indirect
				  supervision" means written or verbal instructions for treatment of an animal
				  provided by a licensee or consulting veterinarian that need not be
				  present.
(7) "Protective device"
				  means a device that is designed to prevent the escape of an animal at the
				  entrance of a primary enclosure.
(8) "Sponsor" means an advanced licensee who
				  has volunteered to mentor a basic licensee.
(9) "Sponsorship agreement" means a document
				  that establishes an advanced licensee as a sponsor for a basic
				  licensee.
(9m) "Subpermittee" means
				  any person subject to the conditions and limits established in s.
				  NR
				  19.73(3)(e) and who is working in a
				  limited capacity under the supervision of an advanced licensee on wildlife
				  rehabilitation activities.
(10)
				  "Volunteer" means any person at a licensee's facility who is contributing to
				  the activities of the facility or who is under the direction of and is known to
				  the licensee.
(11) "Wildlife" means
				  "wild animal" as defined in s.
				  169.01(37),
				  Stats.
(12) "Wildlife
				  rehabilitation" means "rehabilitate" as defined in s.
				  169.01(30m),
				  Stats.
(13) "Wildlife
				  rehabilitation advisory council" means a group of volunteers appointed by the
				  secretary or secretary's designee to advise and provide recommendations about
				  wildlife rehabilitation, wildlife health, and captive wildlife to the
				  department.
(14) "Wildlife
				  rehabilitator" means a person authorized to capture, receive, temporarily
				  possess, transport or transfer orphaned, sick or injured wildlife for the
				  purpose of wildlife rehabilitation under a valid license issued pursuant to
				  this subchapter.