483A.8C  Nonambulatory persons — deer hunting licenses.
  1.  A nonambulatory person who is a resident may be issued one any sex deer hunting license to hunt deer with a shotgun, muzzleloading rifle, or any handgun or rifle described in section 481A.48 during any established deer hunting season. If the tag is filled during one of the seasons, the license will not be valid in subsequent seasons. A person who applies for a license pursuant to this section shall complete a form, as required by rule, that is signed by a physician who verifies that the person is nonambulatory.
  2.  A person who obtains a deer hunting license under this section is not required to pay the wildlife habitat fee but shall purchase a deer hunting license and hunting license that does not include the wildlife habitat fee, be otherwise qualified to hunt, and pay a one dollar fee that shall be used and is appropriated for the purpose of deer herd population management, including assisting with the cost of processing deer donated to the help us stop hunger program administered by the commission.
  3.  A person may obtain a license under this section in addition to any other deer hunting licenses for which the person is eligible.
  4.  For the purposes of this section, “nonambulatory person” means an individual who has received a nonambulatory person’s permit from the department as provided by rule, and at a minimum has one or more of the following conditions:
  a.  Paralysis of the lower half of the body, usually due to disease or a spinal cord injury.
  b.  Loss or partial loss of both legs.
  c.  Any other physical affliction which makes it impossible for the person to ambulate successfully.
2009 Acts, ch 83, §1; 2012 Acts, ch 1096, §14, 23; 2019 Acts, ch 70, §1; 2022 Acts, ch 1137, §9
Subsection 1 amended