(a) Assist the hunter in selecting a game animal or bird;
(b) Assist the aiming or sighting of a firearm;
(c) Advise the hunter when to fire a firearm;
(d) Shoot a game animal or bird on behalf of the hunter while in the immediate presence of the hunter; and
(e) Tag and retrieve game animals and birds on behalf of the hunter.
(2) The person accompanying a hunter who has a visual impairment shall be required to possess a valid hunting license. The person accompanying a hunter who has a visual impairment may also hunt game animals or birds if the person possesses the appropriate tags, permits and stamps for the area and time period.
(3) A hunter who possesses a visually impaired hunter license must comply with all other tag, permit and stamp requirements of the State Fish and Wildlife Commission and applicable hunting laws.
(4) As used in this section, "hunter who has a visual impairment" means a person who files proof with the commission that the person’s central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with best correction or that the person’s visual acuity, if better than 20/200, is accompanied by a limit to the field of vision to such a degree that its widest diameter subtends an angle of no greater than 20 degrees. [1997 c.407 §1; 2007 c.70 §279]
Note: 498.170 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 498 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources
Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures
Section 498.016 - Taking crippled or helpless wildlife.
Section 498.018 - Commercial cervid attractants.
Section 498.021 - Short title.
Section 498.026 - Transaction in threatened or endangered wildlife species prohibited.
Section 498.029 - Purchase, sale or exchange of fox, skunk or raccoon prohibited; exceptions.
Section 498.042 - Removal of parts of wildlife and waste of wildlife prohibited.
Section 498.048 - Devices propelling cyanide.
Section 498.102 - Use of dogs to hunt or track game mammals or birds.
Section 498.120 - Hunting on another’s cultivated or enclosed land.
Section 498.128 - Use of drones for pursuit of wildlife prohibited; rules.
Section 498.136 - Hunting from motor-propelled vehicle restricted; rules.
Section 498.142 - Hunting with artificial light restricted; rules.
Section 498.152 - Agreements restricting parking or use of motor vehicles on certain lands.
Section 498.154 - Notice adequate to charge defendant; delivery or posting.
Section 498.158 - Hunting or trapping wildlife in certain governmental districts restricted.
Section 498.166 - Bears or cougars posing threat to human safety.
Section 498.170 - Hunters who have a visual impairment.
Section 498.172 - Trap check requirements.
Section 498.182 - Knowingly allowing feral swine to roam on certain lands prohibited; rules.
Section 498.208 - Use of electricity or foreign substances to take game fish prohibited; rules.
Section 498.228 - Possession of fish taken outside state restricted.
Section 498.242 - Possession of walking catfish and piranha restricted.
Section 498.247 - Protection of juvenile salmonids from cormorants.
Section 498.257 - Prohibition on possession, sale, trade or distribution of shark fins; exceptions.
Section 498.279 - Black bass and walleye angling contests; rules.
Section 498.286 - Prize limitation.
Section 498.306 - Screening or by-pass devices for water diversions; fees; costs.
Section 498.321 - Screening or by-pass standards.
Section 498.326 - Department guidelines for screening and by-pass projects; expenditure of funds.
Section 498.400 - Definitions for ORS 498.400 to 498.464.
Section 498.418 - License application; form; fee.
Section 498.438 - Investigatory power of commission over outdoor clubs required to be licensed.
Section 498.452 - Grounds for denial or revocation of license.
Section 498.464 - Commission authority to restrain violations of outdoor club laws.
Section 498.500 - Mitigation of adverse effects on core area habitat; policy.
Section 498.502 - Actions that affect core area habitat; reports; orders; rules.
Section 498.504 - Sage Grouse Mitigation Program In-Lieu Fee Fund.
Section 498.825 - Oregon Hatchery Research Center Board.
Section 498.827 - Duties of Oregon Hatchery Research Center Board.
Section 498.829 - Officers; quorum; meetings.
Section 498.831 - Oregon Hatchery Research Center; activities.
Section 498.833 - Oregon Hatchery Research Center; director.
Section 498.850 - Disposition of hatchery-produced fish carcasses; rules.