SECTION XIII: Physical Challenges

A. General

1. Competitors who are unable to comply with all rules pertaining to shooting positions and allowable equipment, due to physical challenge, may apply for a waiver or special equipment permit allowing use of a specific position or shooting aid.

2. Application may be made to the Physically Challenged Committee for a Physically Challenged Shooter's Card. The Shooter's Card would specify the nature of the competitor's condition and specific waiver or shooting aid approved.

3. Application for a Shooter's Card must include all pertinent information describing the condition, photos or sketches of the shooting position or shooting aid for which approval is requested. Approval will be based upon the medical necessity and need of each applicant.

4. A Physically Challenged Shooter's Card is not mandatory, however it is recommended, since the document will facilitate approval by Match Officials who are not familiar with the competitor.

5. Approval of a shooting position or shooting aid will not be granted if such a position or aid creates an unsafe condition for the competitor or any other person on the firing range.

6. A competitor who has been issued a special authorization certificate by the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), permitting the use of a specific shooting position or shooting aid, may use the certificate in lieu of an IHMSA Physically Challenged Shooter's Card. A copy of the NRA certificate should be forwarded to the Chairman of the IHMSA Physically Challenged Committee.

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