2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - GAME
Chapter 25 - Protection of Property and Persons
2522 - Shooting at or causing injury to human beings.

     § 2522.  Shooting at or causing injury to human beings.
        (a)  General rule.--It is unlawful for any person while
     hunting or furtaking, through carelessness or negligence, to
     shoot at, injure or kill any human being through the use of a
     firearm, bow and arrow or other deadly weapon.
        (b)  Penalty.--The penalty to be imposed for any violation of
     this section shall be determined pursuant to the following
     classifications:
            (1)  To shoot at but not hit or injure or to shoot at and
        cause bodily injury to a human being is a summary offense of
        the first degree.
            (2)  To shoot at and cause serious bodily injury to a
        human being is a misdemeanor of the second degree.
            (3)  To kill a human being is a misdemeanor of the first
        degree. Fines imposed against a violator of this paragraph
        shall be distributed to the next of kin as an asset of the
        estate of the deceased, other provisions of law to the
        contrary notwithstanding.
        (c)  Denial of privileges.--In addition to the penalty
     imposed pursuant to subsection (b), any person who shoots at,
     injures or kills a human being shall be denied the privilege to
     hunt or take game or wildlife anywhere in this Commonwealth,
     with or without license, for the following periods:
            (1)  To shoot at but not hit or injure or to shoot at and
        cause bodily injury to a human being, the denial shall be for
        a period of two years.
            (2)  To shoot at and cause serious bodily injury to a
        human being, the denial shall be for a period of not less
        than five years nor more than ten years.
            (3)  To kill a human being, the denial shall be for a
        period of 15 years.
        (d)  Nonpayment of fine.--In addition to any sentence imposed
     pursuant to subsection (b), any person who fails to pay the fine
     imposed by this section within 180 days shall undergo
     imprisonment not in excess of one year or until the fine is paid
     in full.
        (e)  Imprisonment for violation of sentence.--It is unlawful
     for a person to hunt or take game or wildlife or attempt to hunt
     or take game or wildlife, with or without license, contrary to a
     sentence imposed under subsection (b). Upon conviction, the
     person shall be sentenced to undergo imprisonment for a period
     of not less than three months nor more than six months.
        (f)  Mandatory remedial hunter education.--Any person whose
     privilege to hunt or take game is suspended under subsection (c)
     shall, prior to obtaining a license after the period of
     suspension, present evidence of the successful completion of a
     remedial hunter education course as provided by the director and
     approved by the commission.
        (g)  Mandatory vision examination.--Any person whose
     privilege to hunt or take game is suspended under subsection (c)
     shall present to the commission, prior to obtaining a license
     after the period of suspension, evidence of having taken and the
     results of a vision examination administered by a licensed
     ophthalmologist or optometrist subsequent to the suspension of
     the license. The commission, based on the results of the vision
     examination, may deny a person a license or place on the license
     a restriction requiring the person to wear corrective lenses
     when the person hunts or takes game.
        (h)  Civil remedies preserved.--Nothing in this section shall
     bar the recovery of any damages in any civil action by any
     aggrieved party.
     (Dec. 19, 1996, P.L.1442, No.184, eff. 60 days; Dec. 20, 2000,
     P.L.783, No.111, eff. July 1, 2001)

        2000 Amendment.  Act 111 amended subsec. (f).
        Cross References.  Section 2522 is referred to in sections
     925, 929, 2741 of this title; section 9758 of Title 42
     (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure).