(a) A Class Y permit is a special statewide hunting permit entitling a person to hunt all wildlife during established archery and firearm seasons if the person meets the following requirements:

Terms Used In West Virginia Code 20-2-42w

• Hunt: means to pursue, chase, catch or take any wild birds or wild animals. See West Virginia Code 20-1-2
• Person: except as otherwise defined elsewhere in this chapter, means the plural "persons" and shall include individuals, partnerships, corporations or other legal entities. See West Virginia Code 20-1-2
• Wildlife: means wild birds, wild animals, game and fur-bearing animals, fish (including minnows), reptiles, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans and all forms of aquatic life used as fish bait, whether dead or alive. See West Virginia Code 20-1-2

(1) He or she holds a Class Q permit; or

(2) He or she has a permanent and substantial loss of function in one or both hands while failing to meet the minimum standards of the upper extremity pinch, grip, and nine-hole peg tests administered under the direction of a licensed physician; or

(3) He or she has a permanent and substantial loss of function in one or both shoulders while failing to meet the minimum standards of the shoulder strength test administered under the direction of a licensed physician.

(b) The application form shall include a written statement or report prepared by the physician conducting the test no more than six months preceding the application and verifying that the applicant is physically disabled as described in this section. The completed Class Y permit application shall be submitted to the division, which shall issue a wallet-sized card to the permittee. The card and all other documents and identification required to be carried by this article shall be in the permittee’s possession when hunting.

(c) A Class Y permit shall be accompanied by a valid statewide hunting license or the applicant shall be exempt from hunting licenses as provided in this chapter.