Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 35 - HUNTING PERMIT REGULATIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES › Section 35-3 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
For the purpose of this regulation definitions shall be as
				  set forth in Title 23, Wyoming Statutes, Commission regulations and the
				  Commission also adopts the following definitions:
(a) "Animal" means big or trophy game animal,
				game bird, or small game animal.
(b) "Central Visual Acuity Disability" means
				a person's vision permanently does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with
				corrective lenses, or the widest diameter of the visual field is not greater
				than twenty (20) degrees.
(c)
				"Class III Cardiac Condition" means a person with cardiac disease with
				functional capacity according to standards established by the American Heart
				Association resulting in marked limitation of physical activity. Such a person
				is comfortable at rest. Less than ordinary activity causes fatigue,
				palpitation, dyspnea, or anginal pain.
(d) "Class IV Cardiac Condition" means a
				person with cardiac disease with functional capacity according to standards
				established by the American Heart Association resulting in inability to carry
				on any physical activity without discomfort. Symptoms of heart failure or the
				anginal syndrome may be present even at rest. If any physical activity is
				undertaken, discomfort is increased.
(e) "Disabled Hunter" or "Handicapped Hunter"
				means any person meeting any of the qualifications specified in Section
				5 of this regulation who has been issued a
				Disabled Hunter Permit by the Department.
(f) "Disabled Hunter Companion" means a
				person or nonprofit organization who meets the provisions of Section
				6 of this regulation, who assists a
				disabled hunter with dispatching or retrieving an animal wounded or killed by
				the disabled hunter, and who has been issued a Disabled Hunter Companion Permit
				by the Department.
(g) "Nonprofit
				Organization Dedicated to Providing Hunting Opportunities to Individuals with
				Disabilities" means any organization that is registered with the Secretary of
				State of the organization's state of incorporation or organization, and
				certifies that they are nonprofit and that the primary purpose or mission as
				stated in their charter is to provide hunting opportunities to individuals with
				disabilities.
(h) "Paraplegic"
				means a person who is permanently unable to move or feel both legs and the
				lower half of their body because of injury or illness.
(i) "Quadriplegic" means a person who is
				permanently unable to move or feel both arms and both legs because of injury or
				illness.
(j) "Upper Extremity
				Disabled" means a person who has a permanent physical impairment due to injury
				or disease, congenital or acquired, which renders the person so severely
				disabled as to be physically unable to use any legal hunting weapon.
(k) "Vehicle" means any automotive vehicle,
				trailer, motor-propelled wheeled vehicle, or vehicle designed for travel over
				snow.
(l) "Walker" means a
				mechanical device designed to assist a person's ability to walk that has
				multiple legs and requires the use of both hands to move.