571—15.42 (483A) Testing procedures.
	   15.42(1) General testing procedures. Upon completion of the required curriculum, each person shall score a minimum of 75 percent on the written or oral test provided by the department and demonstrate safe handling of a firearm. Based on the results of the written or oral test and demonstrated firearm safe handling techniques as prescribed by the department, the volunteer instructor shall determine the persons who shall be issued a certificate of completion.
	   15.42(2) Special testing out provisions. Any person born after January 1, 1972, who does not complete the required ten-hour hunter safety and ethics course (as described in Iowa Code section 483A.27, subsection (1)), must meet the following requirements to be eligible to purchase an Iowa hunting license:
	      a.    	 To comply with Iowa Code section 483A.27, subsection (5), an individual must pass a written examination compiled by the department of natural resources under the direct supervision of a state conservation officer or certified hunter safety instructor.
	      b.    	 If the applicant does not pass the examination by a score of 95 percent or more, the applicant must then wait seven days to take the examination again.
	      c.    	 If the applicant does not pass the second examination with a score of 95 percent or more, the applicant must successfully complete the ten-hour safety and ethics course to obtain a certificate of completion (as described in Iowa Code section 483A.27, subsection (2)).
	   15.42(3) Exemptions. The following groups of individuals do not need hunting licenses and therefore do not need to satisfactorily complete a hunter safety and ethics education course:
	      a.    	  Landowners and tenants. Owners or tenants of land and their children when hunting on the land which they own or on which they are tenants.
	      b.    	  Residents under 16. Residents of the state under 16 years of age accompanied by their parent or guardian or in the company of any other competent adult if the adult accompanying said minor possesses a valid hunting license, providing, however, there is one licensed adult accompanying each person under 16 years of age.
	   15.42(4) Deer and wild turkey license applications. Individuals are not required to exhibit a certificate showing satisfactory completion of a hunter safety and ethics education course only when applying for a deer or wild turkey license.
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