189.458 Temporary accessible parking placard for person with a disability -- Display. - Kentucky Statutes

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189.458 Temporary accessible parking placard for person with a disability -- Display. (1) Upon application of any person who has a severe temporary visual, audio, or physical impairment, including partial paralysis, heart condition, emphysema,
arthritis, rheumatism, or other debilitating condition which limits or impairs one's
personal mobility or ability to walk as defined in KRS 186.042, the county clerk in
the county of the person's residence shall issue the person with a disability a
temporary accessible parking placard. (2) The accessible parking placard issued shall be a two (2) sided hanger style placard and shall on each side bear the international symbol of access adopted by
Rehabilitation International in 1969, the date of expiration of the placard, a seal or
other identification of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, and shall contain the
accessible parking placard identification number and other information the
Transportation Cabinet may by administrative regulation require. The international
symbol of access shall be at least three (3) inches in height, be centered on the
placard and in a white color on a red shield. (3) A temporary accessible parking placard shall be issued at no charge by the county clerk, and the placard shall be valid for a period of not more than three (3) months. (4) The application shall be made on a form prepared by the Transportation Cabinet. Placards shall be printed at cabinet expense and distributed to the county clerk of
each county who shall keep a record of applications filed and placards issued. (5) For every person seeking a temporary accessible parking placard, proof of the disability shall be required by a statement from a licensed physician that the
applicant is a person whose mobility, flexibility, coordination, respiration, or
perceptiveness is significantly reduced by a temporary disability to that person's
arms, legs, lungs, heart, ears, or eyes. (6) The temporary accessible parking placard, when the vehicle is parked in a parking space designated as accessible to and for the use of a person with a disability, shall
be displayed so that it may be viewed from the front and rear of the vehicle by
hanging it from the front windshield rear view mirror. When there is no rear view
mirror, the placard shall be displayed on the dashboard. (7) The Transportation Cabinet may promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A to implement or administer this section. Effective: January 1, 2007
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 5, effective January 1, 2007. -- Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 131, sec. 2, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended 1994
Ky. Acts ch. 405, sec. 41, effective July 15, 1994; and ch. 416, sec. 10, effective July
15, 1994.