Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part XIX - Hunting and WMA Regulations › Chapter 1 - Resident Game Hunting Season › Section XIX-105 - Physically Challenged Hunters Permit

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Definitions
ATV
-an off-road vehicle (not legal for
				  highway use) with factory specifications not to exceed the following:
				  weight-750 lbs.; length-85"; width-48". ATV tires are restricted to those no
				  larger than 26x12 with a maximum 1" lug height and a maximum allowable tire
				  pressure of 12 psi as indicated on the tire by the manufacturer.
Commission-
the Louisiana Wildlife and
				  Fisheries Commission.
Commission Approved Physician-
any physician
				  licensed to practice medicine by the Louisiana state Board of Medical Examiners
				  who evaluates permit applicants to determine the physically challenged hunter
				  rule classification of permanent disability. Also, includes any Louisiana
				  licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist to determine visual impairment.
Department-
the Louisiana
Department
of Wildlife and Fisheries.
Enforcement Division-
the
Enforcement
				  Division
of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
Helper-
an individual who accompanies a
				  permitted physically challenged hunter to assist the physically challenged
				  hunter in accessing a hunting area, carrying hunting gear, and retrieving
				  harvested game.
Permanent Disability-
a qualifying disability
				  that a commission approved physician has determined will not improve over time
				  or with medical treatment.
Physically Challenged ATV Permit-
a permit
				  issued by the Wildlife Division to certain physically challenged hunters to
				  allow access to the specially designated ATV trails on
wildlife
				  management areas.
Physically Challenged Hunter Permit-
a permit
				  issued by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to qualified physically
				  challenged individuals.
Special Deer Season-
a special deer season
				  only for individuals with valid physically challenged hunter permits
				  established by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.
Special Physically Challenged Hunt-
special
				  hunt or hunts on certain
WMA
s only for individuals with valid
				  physically challenged hunter permits.
WMA-
a tract of land managed by the Louisiana
				  Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and proclaimed as a wildlife management
				  area by the governor of Louisiana.
Wildlife Division-
the Wildlife Division of
				  the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
B. Wheelchair Bound
1. Qualifications
a. Permanent Disability. The disability must
				permanently confine the applicant to the use of a wheelchair. If the applicant
				may eventually recover enough to not require the use of a wheelchair, he or she
				does not qualify for this class permit. If the future prognosis is uncertain,
				the applicant does not qualify at this time.
b. Certification by Commission Approved
				Physician
i. Applicants must be certified
				permanently disabled and confined to a wheelchair by:
(a).a commission approved
				physician;
ii. Should
				the commission approved physician determine the applicant is not permanently
				confined to a wheelchair for medical reasons, the application is rejected and
				no permit shall be issued. If approved by the physician, the Enforcement
				Division must complete a wildlife criminal history check. The application must
				then be forwarded to the Wildlife Division administrator for approval or
				disapproval.
c.
				Disqualification
i. Applicants not disabled
				sufficiently to meet the confined to a wheelchair criterion shall not qualify
				for this class permit.
ii.
				Applicants with felony convictions or with class two or above wildlife
				convictions, WMA or littering violations within the last five years, as
				determined by the enforcement division, shall not be issued permits. Fishing
				and boating violations are excluded.