Subject to section 22b, a person who meets all of the following requirements may apply to the department for a breeding license to breed large carnivores:

    (a) Is conducting a for-profit or nonprofit business, if the primary purpose of that business is the presentation of animals including large carnivores to the public for education or exhibition purposes.

    (b) Is a class C licensee that possesses and maintains a class C license under 9 C.F.R. § part parts 1 and 2.

    (c) Meets or exceeds all standards required of a class C licensee under 9 C.F.R. § part parts 1 and 2, including, but not limited to, standards for training, housing, care, and transport of large carnivores. If the United States Department of Agriculture has, within the last 5 years, confiscated an animal of, or issued a finally determined direct or critical noncompliance to or a civil penalty, including a cease and desist order, a monetary penalty, or a license suspension or revocation against, a class C licensee, that class C licensee does not meet the requirement under this subdivision.

    (d) Does not allow a patron to come into direct contact with a large carnivore.

    (e) Does not sell large carnivores, except to another person that meets the requirements of this section.