                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

HUNTER EDUCATION PROGRAM (§ 29.1-300.2)

The Department shall provide for a course of instruction in hunter safety,
principles of conservation, and sportsmanship, and for this purpose may
cooperate with any reputable association or organization having as one of its
objectives the promotion of hunter safety, principles of conservation, and
sportsmanship.
		The Board shall staff the hunter education program with appropriate personnel
to ensure that hunter education, training, workshops, and volunteer management
are carried out across the Commonwealth.
		The Department may designate as a hunter safety instructor any person found by
it to be competent to give instruction in the courses required by this article.
A person so appointed shall give such course of instruction, and, upon
completion thereof, shall issue to the person instructed a certificate of
competency as provided by the Board in hunter safety, principles of
conservation, and sportsmanship.
		The Board shall prescribe a minimum level of skill and knowledge to be
required of all hunter safety instructors, and may limit the number of students
per instructor in all required classes.
		The Board may revoke the certificate of any instructor when, in the opinion of
the Board, it is in the best interest of the Commonwealth to do so.
		The Board shall promulgate rules and regulations in order to administer and
enforce the provisions of §§ 29.1-300.1, 29.1-300.2, and 29.1-300.3.

HISTORY: 1987, c. 83, § 29-51.2; 2007, c. 87; 2012, c. 763; 2025, c. 443.