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How to Obtain a
Handicap Parking Placard
In 2021
How to Obtain a Handicap Parking Placard In 2021 - If you have a disability, you can get a handicap parking permit for disabled parking around your state. And indeed, it should be in your New Year's resolutions to make things much easier for yourself. That should facilitate your parking by making more spaces available and much closer as you move around with your vehicle all over your state. If you don't know how to obtain it, this guide will offer insight into getting a handicap parking badge in 2021.
What is a Handicap Parking Permit?
A parking permit allows you to park in designated wheelchair-accessible parking places – typically marked with a wheelchair symbol or blue curbs. Once approved for handicap parking, you get a placard to hang on your car's rearview mirror to indicate your eligibility for parking. As a disabled person, you don't have to walk far to get to your destination. These parking spaces are closer to retail stores, businesses, and public parks, among others.
Nonetheless, you can get more privileges and benefits in some cities if you need handicap parking. These include the ability to park for indefinite spans even if there's a time limit posted or free street metered parking. It can also be an exemption from infringement of the disabled parking law when you accidentally break it. However, some may not include any special privileges, which you should be aware of after making an application.
What Medical Conditions Qualify For Handicap Parking?
Getting a handicap parking permit should be justifiable by a specified medical that hinders you, making your movements more strenuous. The condition must be incredibly transfixing, deterring your activities or making it impossible to go about regular business as others. These conditions include the following.
· Severe and/or permanent disability, making it impossible to walk without a prosthetic device, crutch, brace, or cane. Besides, being unable to move without someone's help, a wheelchair, or any other assistive device warrants permission for handicap parking.
· The need to use portable oxygen
· Having one or both limbs removed due to amputation, paralysis, or other permanent disabilities
· Having your functional limitations classified as Class III or Class IV by the American Hearts Association due to a cardiac condition
· When you have a lung disease with less oxygen capacity due to respiratory illnesses such as lung cancer, COPD, and asthma. A spirometer's measurements every second may detect expiratory volumes being less than one liter or the arterial oxygen being less than 60mm/hg on room air at rest. That should warrant permission for disabled parking spaces.
· Being unable to walk more than two hundred feet without rest or stopping, either severely and/or permanently. That can be due to an orthopedic, arthritic, or neurological conditions.
However, before getting your medical condition certified, you must undertake an evaluation that a licensed medical professional in your state does. Some states may even specify more conditions, including vision or chronic sun allergies, as qualifications for handicap parking. If you, by any chance, may be having any of these conditions, your medical professional must stipulate it in your reports and provide assessment evidence to arrive at a conclusion.
How do I Get a Handicap Placard from the DMV?
Getting a handicap parking placard is a process with a series of steps and a set of instructions you must follow. First, you must log on to the head of state's DMV website or consult with your local Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to acquaint yourself with the instructions to follow. Besides, your doctor must assess your medical condition and history since that completes a portion of your treatment. They usually ascertain whether or not you're fit for the placard and your medical condition warrants it. They suggest if you're an ideal candidate for a permanent permit – requiring renewal after a specific count of years – or a temporary one lasting a few months.
After that, you need to fill in your details, including your address and date of birth, among other essential personal information. Once you're done, you'll have to submit it to your local DMV electronically or mail it to the state DMV. If the application- which you can either do on paper or online, depending on your state – is approved, you'll receive your placard through mail to use it personally. Some states will ask you to pick it personally, but most states will only mail it to you to save you the hassle.
How do I replace a handicap parking placard?
Your placard will undoubtedly expire, and you'll need to follow the renewal process as per your state's DMV renewal guidelines stipulate, which are different in every state. Besides, it would help if you kept it as up-to-date as possible by taking note of the expiration date stated on it. Suppose you lose it or get stolen; you should get a new one by filling out a replacement application form. Application forms are available through the DMV website, which you can download and fill out. However, you can still visit the department and apply for a new one.
Remember, you must be in the car moving you, either as a passenger or the driver, and never lend your placard to anyone. That should help you abide by the rules of the road in 2021. It would help if you also obeyed all parking rules and read all posted signs, similar to how you'll abide by parking laws. Besides, you must remove the placard from your car's rearview mirror when in motion, as your state requires.
To make things much more accessible and manageable for you in the New Year, you should continually update your placard and abide by the laws. That should help you access more convenient parking spaces around your state. More essentially, you should never lend your placard if you're not in the vehicle, either as the driver or a passenger, since that constitutes a violation of the handicap parking law. It may lead to severe consequences to you and the person you lend, landing you into unthinkable trouble. The rules are more straightforward to comprehend and shouldn't be a problem.
