74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 2338
 
                         Senate Bill 675
 
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS (at
  the request of Oregon Society of Physician Assistants)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Allows licensed physician assistant to give written
certification for person to be considered person with disability
under wildlife laws.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to hunting; amending ORS 496.018.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 496.018 is amended to read:
  496.018. In order to be considered a person with a disability
under the wildlife laws, a person shall provide to the State Fish
and Wildlife Commission either:
  (1) Written certification from a licensed physician { + , + }
 { - or - } certified nurse practitioner { +  or licensed
physician assistant + } that states that the person:
  (a) Is permanently unable to walk without the use of, or
assistance from, a brace, cane, crutch, prosthetic device,
wheelchair, scooter or walker;
  (b) Is restricted by lung disease to the extent that the
person's forced expiratory volume for one second, when measured
by a spirometer, is less than 35 percent predicted, or arterial
oxygen tension is less than 55 mm/Hg on room air at rest;
  (c) Has a cardiac condition to the extent that the person's
functional limitations are classified in severity as Class III or
Class IV, according to standards established by the American
Heart Association;
  (d) Has a permanent, physical impairment that prevents the
person from holding or shooting a firearm or bow or from holding
a fishing rod in hand; or
  (e) Has central visual acuity that permanently does not exceed
20/200 in the better eye with corrective lenses, or the widest
diameter of the visual field is no greater than 20 degrees; or
  (2) Written proof that the last official certification of
record by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or any
branch of the Armed Forces of the United States shows the person
to be at least 65 percent disabled.
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