# Migratory Bird Permits; Changes in the Regulations Governing Migratory Bird Rehabilitation
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2010-05-28 · Effective 2010-05-28 · 75 FR 29917
## Document
- **Document number:** 2010-12882
- **Category:** migratory-bird
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 75 FR 29917
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 21
- **Publication date:** 2010-05-28
- **Effective date:** 2010-05-28
- **Interior docket:** FWS-R9-MB-2010-0020
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, published a final rule in the Federal Register on October 27, 2003, to create regulations governing migratory bird rehabilitation in the United States. Before creation of those regulations, rehabilitators were required to obtain a special purpose permit to engage in rehabilitation activities. The language in the final paragraph of the 2003 regulations dealt with the transition of special purpose permit holders to operation under the new rehabilitation permit regulations. This paragraph is no longer relevant, so we remove it from the regulation.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/05/28/2010-12882/migratory-bird-permits-changes-in-the-regulations-governing-migratory-bird-rehabilitation)
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