Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 112

Relating to: the authority of physician assistants and advanced practice nurse prescribers regarding testing and information required for making disability determinations under certain hunting and fishing approvals issued by the Department of Natural Resources.

Extraordinary session, 2015 — November Fish and fishing — License Hunting Natural resources, department of — Hunting and fishing Nurses Persons with disabilities Physician Plants

Introduced, completed
Passes Assembly, completed
Passes Senate, completed
Governor signs, completed
Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issues various

permits that extend certain privileges to disabled persons who hold a hunting or

fishing license (specialized permits). Among those privileges is the privilege to hunt

with assistance rendered by another person or to shoot or hunt from a stationary

vehicle. Generally, in order to obtain a specialized permit, a person must submit an

application furnished by DNR that includes a statement or report prepared and

signed by a licensed physician or other specified medical professional, such as a

chiropractor or podiatrist, verifying that the applicant has a particular disability.

For certain permits that require testing, current law specifies the type of medical

professional who is authorized to direct the administration of those tests.

Current law also authorizes DNR to issue an annual disabled person fishing

license to a person who is receiving certain disability benefits under federal law or

whose sight is impaired as certified by a licensed physician or optometrist.

This bill allows licensed physician assistants and advanced practice nurse

prescribers, in addition to the medical professionals specified in current law, to

provide the information required by DNR to determine if a person's disability

qualifies him or her for a specialized permit. The bill also allows a physician

assistant or advanced practice nurse prescriber to certify that a person's sight is

impaired for the purpose of obtaining a disabled person fishing license.

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Apr 8, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining, and Forestry, Ayes 4, Noes 0

Passed 4–0 Nov 2, 2015 official source full page