Maine's Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife can issue a special permit letting a person with a permanent physical disability hunt, trap or fish at times or in ways otherwise prohibited. The applicant describes the accommodation sought, and a licensed physician completes the Disability Medical Evaluation Form describing the impairment, its permanence and how it limits the specific abilities hunting, trapping or fishing require.
The applicant completes pages 1 and 2 (requested action, nature of the disability, its impact) and signs. A licensed physician completes and signs the Disability Medical Evaluation Form on page 3.
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Special Permit Application to Accommodate Permanent Physical Disabilities (with Disability Medical Evaluation Form)
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The Disability Medical Evaluation Form: a certification that the patient is under their care with the stated impairment, the diagnosis, whether it is permanent, the impairments and functional limitations related to hunting, fishing or trapping, how severe they are, and what adaptive equipment or accommodation is necessary.
Not always. Paraplegics and single or double leg amputees may shoot from a motor vehicle that is not in motion without a permit, and any hunter may rest a firearm or crossbow on a stopped vehicle with the engine off. Other vehicle accommodations need the special permit.
No. The department reviews each applicant's disability and needs, and the Commissioner may authorize only the minimum special exceptions necessary to overcome the disability and allow safe hunting, trapping or fishing. The applicant must also meet all other licensing requirements.