7.__Exception.__A person holding a camp trip leader permit under section 12860 may, without a guide license, conduct trips including adults under the auspices of the boys and girls camp that employs those adults, subject to all the requirements of section 12860.

§12854. Guides carrying passengers for hire

A guide carrying passengers for hire must be certified in the area of watercraft safety.__A guide who has been certified in watercraft safety through the guide license examination process is authorized, without further licensing requirements, to operate a motorboat carrying passengers for hire pursuant to section 13063, subsection 2.__A guide license issued to a guide who has been certified in watercraft safety must clearly indicate that the licensee is authorized to operate a motorboat carrying passengers for hire.

§12855. Examination

1.__Requirement.__In order to qualify for a guide license, a person who has not held a valid guide license within the previous 3 years must pass an examination pursuant to this section.

2.__Form.__The commissioner shall determine the form and content of the examination.

3.__Location.__The commissioner shall designate locations where the examination will be held, except the examination must be held in one of the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife regions if at least 10 applicants reside in that region.

4.__Reexamination.__The commissioner may require a guide to be examined or reexamined if the commissioner receives a written complaint and, upon investigation, believes that the guide no longer meets the guide qualifications.

5.__Fee.__The examination fee is $100.__An applicant may retake the examination once without paying an additional fee.__ The fee is nonrefundable.

6.__Oral examination.__If an oral examination is administered, the examination must be conducted by at least 2 trained examiners designated pursuant to section 10153, subsection 2, paragraph D who are approved by the commissioner or members of the Advisory Board for the Licensing of Guides.