Drivers With Disabilities

To qualify for reserved parking placards and license plates, an individual must have a  physical disability that limits or impairs their ability to walk. A licensed physician must certify that the person meets one or more of the following criteria:

• Cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to rest;
• Cannot walk without the use of or assistance from a brace, cane, crutch, another person, a prosthetic device, wheelchair, or another assistive device;
• Is restricted by lung disease to such an extent that the person’s forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for one second (when measured by spirometry) is less than one liter, or the arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 mm/hg on room air at rest;
• Uses portable oxygen;
• Has a cardiac condition to the extent that the person’s functional limitations are classified in severity as Class III or Class IV according to the American Heart Association leaflet “The Functional and Therapeutic Classifications of Patients with Diseases of the Heart” (printed June 1, 1990); or
• Is severely limited in their ability to walk due to an arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition.

Blindness or impaired vision by itself is not a valid criterion to receive disabled reserved parking privileges.

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