571—15.24(483A) Free annual fishing license for persons who have severe physical or mental disabilities.
	15.24(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).
	15.24(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.
	15.24(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 8½” 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.
	15.24(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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