HB 1376-S - DIGEST

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 3/10/99)

     Declares that those individuals who have lost a lower extremity, partially or completely, are exempt from the physician certification requirement necessary to receive special parking privileges.  In order to qualify for special parking privileges, these individuals must apply at a licensing office, and authorized department staff must visually confirm the loss of the lower extremity.  Based on this confirmation, the certification of the person's disability is satisfied.

     Declares that the department may not require existing permit holders to obtain a physician's recertification of their disability in order to renew their disabled parking permits.