North Dakota Century Code Title 20.1. Game, Fish, Predators, and Boating § 20.1-03-38. Licensing guides and outfitters by the department--Rules--Inspections

1. The director may license guides and outfitters and may adopt rules to regulate guides and outfitters. If the director requests a trade secret or proprietary information, the director shall request the information on a separate form, and that information is confidential and is not a public record subject to section 44-04-18 and section 6 of article XI of the Constitution of North Dakota. The director may release this information, however, if it is aggregated so as not to identify any guide, outfitter, or client. Before engaging in rulemaking activities with respect to guides and outfitters, the director shall appoint a committee composed of guides, outfitters, and interested individuals and shall consult with the committee when preparing rules.

2. The director shall periodically inspect or cause to be inspected all outfitter businesses. All records, facilities, and equipment kept or used by the outfitter are open to inspection by the director or a game warden. Records may not be deceptive and must be kept in a manner and location that is readily accessible to the director or a game warden during normal business hours.

3. The director shall perform a background search for criminal and game and fish violations on each applicant on initial application and on each renewal.

4. The director may not issue a license to an individual to be a hunting guide or hunting outfitter unless the individual is proficient in the application of state and federal laws on the hunting of wild game. The director shall create and administer a written or electronic examination to test proficiency of hunting guides and outfitters in these laws. The director shall administer written examinations at least three times a year; however, a written examination may not be given to an individual within sixty days after the previous examination, unless an outfitter employing that individual would suffer an undue hardship without that individual.