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application for any class of license. (D) Application Fee. In addition to the fee required by Fish and Game Code Section 396, the department shall charge an application fee. The base fee for this application is $7.50 as of January 1, 1993 (Note: This fee shall be charged effective July 7, 1993) and shall be adjusted annually per Fish and Game Code Section 713. (E) Examination Requirement. (§21.29 CFR) 1. Minimum Score. Persons applying for their first license or for renewal of a license that expired prior to January 1, 1978, must correctly answer at least 80% of the questions on an examination provided and administered by the department. 2. Reexamination for Failing Score. (§21.29 CFR)Any applicant who fails to pass the examination may take another examination no earlier than three months from the date of the prior examination. 3. Substitutions of Passing Score from Another State. (§21.29 CFR)Applicants who provide documentation of having successfully passed a federally approved examination in a state listed in Section 21.29(k), CFR, will not be required to take the test. (F) Classes of Licenses. (§21.29 CFR) Licenses will be issued in three classes, apprentice, general, and master, only to persons who meet all requirements and qualifications described in these regulations. The department may issue the class of license equal to that of the most recent license issued to a person from a state listed in Section 21.29(k), CFR. (G) Suspension, Revocation or Denial of License. (§21.29 CFR) The department may suspend, revoke, or deny issuance or renewal of any falconry license if the applicant or licensee either fails to comply with any requirement of these regulations or has been convicted of a violation of any falconry regulations, including such regulations of a state listed in Section 21.29(k), CFR. For the purpose of this subsection, violation of a general hunting regulation is not a violation of a falconry regulation. An applicant or licensee whose license has been suspended, revoked, or denied may appeal to the Commission. (H) Notification of Termination of Sponsorship. (§21.29 CFR) A sponsor shall immediately notify the department in writing (address given in subsection (a) above) in the event of termination of sponsorship for a licensee. The person requiring the sponsor shall acquire a new sponsor within 60 days of the receipt of the notification by the department. Failure to comply with this subsection will result in loss of qualifying time from the date sponsorship was terminated and no subsequent license will be issued until all requirements have been fulfilled. (I) Report Requirement forApprentices. (§21.29 CFR) Apprentice licensees must complete and submit a report of progress on a form approved by the department (FG 362 (9/ 95), which is incorporated by reference herein). This report must be signed and dated by both the licensee and sponsor. The report will be used to determine qualifying experience for future licenses. (J) Department Inspection andApproval of Equipment and Housing. (§21.29 CFR) The equipment and housing required by these regulations shall be inspected and approved by the department prior to the issuance of a license, except the department may authorize a sponsor to inspect and certify that the equipment and housing of apprentice applicants meets or exceeds the minimum standards required by these regulations. Equipment or housing that does not meet the minimum standards required by these regulations shall not be certified by a sponsor. The department may enter the premises of any licensee at any reasonable hour to inspect all housing, equipment, or raptors possessed by the licensee, or to inspect, audit, or copy any permit, book, or record required to be kept by these regulations. (2)AUTHORIZATION. (A) Authorization of Licensed Nonresidents. (§21.29 CFR) Nonresidents licensed to practice falconry in a state listed in Section 21.29(k), CFR, are authorized to practice falconry in California. Citizens from another country are authorized to practice falconry in California only in accordance with a permit issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (See subsection (c)(2)(F) below for importation). (B) Nonresident License Not Valid for Resident. (§21.29 CFR) Residents are not authorized to possess raptors or practice falconry by a license issued by another state or country. (C) Temporary Transfer of Raptor. (§21.29 CFR)Any licensee who allows another person to temporarily possess any raptor as authorized by sections 21.28(d)(6) and 21.29(j)(4), CFR, shall mail a copy of completed federal Form 3-186A and a copy of the statement authorizing temporary possession to the department (address given in subsection (a) above) on the day the bird is transferred. (D)Apprentice Restriction. (§21.29 CFR) Except as provided in subsection (c)(2)(E) below, apprentice licensees may only take or possess American kestrels (Falco sparverius) orred-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis). (E) Possession of Captive Bred Raptors from Rehabilitation Facilities.(§21.29 CFR)All licensees may possess and use birds acquired from department approved rehabilitation facilities or legally acquired captive bred birds. (F) Importation of Raptors. (§21.29 CFR) Licensees may import raptors for falconry only if they submit written authority to export raptors from the originating state or country with the department's copy of federal Form 3-186A. Nonresident licensees from a state listed in Section 21.29(k), CFR, and resident licensees who take their birds out of state and are returning to California, are exempt from this requirement. Citizens from another country may import raptors under the authority of a permit issued by the federal government, (see §21.21 CFR). (G) Possession of Infertile Eggs. (§21.29 CFR) Infertile eggs laid by a licensee's bird may be possessed if the licensee notifies the department (address given in subsection (a) above), in writing within 48 hours after the egg is laid. 2