Iowa Admin. Code r. 571-15.24 - Free annual fishing license for persons who have severe physical or mental disabilities
(1)
Purpose. Pursuant to Iowa Code section
483A.24(9), the
department of natural resources will issue a free annual fishing license to
Iowa residents 16 or more years of age who have severe mental or physical
disabilities who meet the definition of "severe mental disability" or "severe
physical disability" in subrule 15.24(2).
(2)
Definitions. For the
purposes of this rule, the following definitions apply:
"Severe mental disability" means a person who has severe, chronic conditions in all of the following areas which:
1. Are attributable to a mental impairment or
combination of mental and physical impairments;
2. Result in substantial functional
limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activities:
self-care, receptive and expressive language, learning, mobility,
self-direction, capacity for independent living, or economic
self-sufficiency;
3. Reflect the
person's need for a combination and sequence of services that are individually
planned and coordinated; and
4.
Requires the full-time assistance of another person to maintain a safe presence
in the outdoors.
"Severe physical disability" means a disability that limits or impairs the person's mobility or use of a hand or arm and that requires the full-time assistance of another person or that makes the person dependent on a wheelchair for the person's normal life routine.
(3)
Procedure. Each person shall apply to the department of
natural resources for a license as follows:
a.
Application shall be made on a form provided by the department and shall
include the name, home address, home telephone number, height, weight, eye and
hair color, date of birth, and gender of the applicant and other information as
required. The license issued under this rule will be issued by the department
upon verification of program eligibility and will be valid until January 10 of
the subsequent year. Proof of eligibility must be submitted each year in order
to obtain the license.
b. The
application shall be certified by the applicant's attending physician with an
original signature and, based upon the definition of severe mental disability
or severe physical disability as provided for in this rule, declare that the
applicant has a severe mental or physical disability. A medical statement from
the applicant's attending physician specifying the applicant's type of
disability shall be on 81/2" x 11" stationery of the attending physician
or on paper inscribed with the attending physician's letterhead. For purposes
of this rule, the attending physician must be a currently practicing licensed
physician, osteopathic physician, physician assistant, or advanced registered
nurse practitioner.
(4)
Revocation. Any license issued pursuant to rule
571-15.24 (483A) may be revoked, in whole or in part, by written notice, if the
director determines that a license holder had provided false information to
obtain a license under this chapter or has violated any provision of this
chapter and that continuation of the license is not in the public interest.
Such revocation shall become effective upon a date specified in the notice. The
notice shall state the extent of the revocation and the reasons for the action.
Within 30 days following receipt of the notice of a revocation, the license
holder may file a notice of appeal, requesting a contested case hearing
pursuant to 561-Chapter 7. The notice of appeal shall specify the basis for
requesting that the license be reinstated.
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