Virginia SB 692: Disabled parking placards; certification by mental health professional to DMV a person's disability.

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18104019D

SENATE BILL NO. 692 

Offered January 10, 2018 

Prefiled January 10, 2018 

A BILL to amend and reenact � 46.2-1241 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to issuance of disabled parking placards. 
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Patron-- Deeds 

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Referred to Committee on Transportation 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 46.2-1241 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted as follows:

� 46.2-1241. Issuance of disabled parking placards.

A. Upon application of a person with a disability that limits 
 or impairs his ability to walk or that creates a concern for his safety while 
 walking, the Commissioner shall issue a permanent removable windshield placard 
 for use on a passenger car or pickup or panel truck. The Commissioner shall 
 require that each original application be accompanied by a certification signed 
 by a licensed physician, licensed podiatrist, licensed chiropractor, licensed 
 nurse practitioner, or 
 licensed physician assistant, or licensed 
 mental health professional on 
 forms prescribed by the Commissioner that the applicant meets the definition of 
 "person with a disability that limits or impairs his ability to walk or 
 that creates a concern for his safety while walking" contained in � 
 46.2-1240.

1. The Commissioner shall provide for the renewal of such 
 placards every five years. Applications for renewals may require the applicant 
 to certify that his disability is a permanent disability, but renewal 
 applications need not be accompanied by a physician's, podiatrist's, 
 chiropractor's, nurse practitioner's, or 
 physician assistant's, or mental 
 health professional's certification of the 
 applicant's disability. The Commissioner shall work in consultation with the 
 Medical Advisory Board for the Department to develop a definition of 
 "permanent disability" as used in this subdivision. Notwithstanding 
 any contrary provision of this chapter, no physician's, podiatrist's, 
 chiropractor's, nurse practitioner's, or 
 physician assistant's, or mental 
 health professional's certification of an 
 applicant's disability shall be required for the renewal of any disabled 
 parking placard of an applicant to whom disabled parking license plates have 
 been issued under � 46.2-731.

2. The Commissioner shall charge a reasonable fee for each 
 placard, but no fee shall be charged any person exempted from fees in � 
 46.2-739.

3. The placards shall be of a design approved by the 
 Commissioner pursuant to the specifications and definitions contained in � 
 46.2-1240.

B. Upon the application of a person with a disability that 
 limits or impairs his ability to walk and whose disability is temporary, the 
 Commissioner shall issue a temporary removable windshield plac