39:4-204 - Handicapped person defined - New Jersey Statutes

39:4-204  Handicapped person defined.1.The term "handicapped person" as employed herein shall include any person who has lost the use of one or more limbs as a consequence of paralysis, amputation, or other permanent disability or who is permanently disabled as to be unable to ambulate without the aid of an assisting device or whose mobility is otherwise limited as certified by a physician with a plenary license to practice medicine and surgery; a podiatrist licensed to practice in this State or a bordering state; a physician stationed at a military or naval installation located in this State who is licensed to practice in any state; or, a chiropractic physician licensed to practice in this State or a bordering state.

L.1949,c.280,s.1; amended 1950, c.191; 1981, c.36, s.1; 1991, c.49, s.1; 1997, c.267, s.1;1999, c.326, s.1.