R58-20-10. Inspections

  (1) All hunting park facilities must be inspected yearly within 60 days before a license or the renewal of an existing license is issued. It is the responsibility of the applicant to arrange for an appointment with the department for such inspection, giving the department ample time to respond to such a request.

  (2) All elk must be inspected for inventory purposes within a reasonable timely period before a license renewal can be issued.

  (a) All elk must be removed from hunting grounds by harvest or recapture by December 31 of each year to ensure conclusive inventory.

  (3) All live domestic elk must be brand inspected prior to entering or leaving the park.

  (4) Any elk purchased or brought into the facility from an out-of-state source shall be inspected upon arrival at a licensed hunting park before being released into an area inhabited by other domestic elk.

  (5) A Utah Brand Inspection Certificate shall accompany any shipment of live elk into or out of the hunting park including those which move from facility to facility within Utah.

  (6) A Domestic Elk Harvest Permit must be filled out by the park owner at the time of harvest. One copy of the permit shall be sent to the division office, one copy shall go to the hunter and one copy shall be kept on file at the facility. Validated tags must be attached to the carcass and the antlers prior to leaving the park and remain affixed during transportation to residence, meat processor, taxidermist, etc.

  (7) Pursuant to Section 4-39-207, agricultural inspectors may, at any reasonable time during regular business hours, have free and unimpeded access to inspect all facilities, animals and records where domestic elk are kept.