46.2-1240 - Definitions.
§ 46.2-1240. Definitions.
"Disabled parking sign" means any sign used to identify parking spaces foruse by vehicles bearing valid organizational, permanent, or temporaryremovable windshield placards, disabled parking license plates, or disabledparking license plates issued under § 46.2-739. All disabled parking signsshall be erected and maintained in accordance with signage requirementsspecified in § 36-99.11.
"Organizational removable windshield placard" means a two-sided, hookedplacard which includes on each side: (i) the international symbol of accessat least three inches in height, centered on the placard, and shown in whiteon a green background; (ii) the name of the institution or organization;(iii) an identification number; (iv) an expiration date imprinted on theplacard and indicated by a month and year hole-punch system or an alternativesystem designed by the Department; (v) a misuse hotline number designated bythe Department; (vi) a warning of the penalties for placard misuse; and (vii)the seal or identifying symbol of the issuing authority.
"Permanent removable windshield placard" means a two-sided, hooked placardwhich includes on each side: (i) the international symbol of access at leastthree inches in height, centered on the placard, and shown in white on a bluebackground; (ii) an identification number; (iii) an expiration date imprintedon the placard and indicated by a month and year hole-punch system or analternative system designed by the Department; (iv) a misuse hotline numberdesignated by the Department; (v) a warning of the penalties for placardmisuse; and (vi) the seal or other identifying symbol of the issuingauthority. All holders of permanent removable windshield placards shall berequired to carry the Disabled Parking Placard Identification Card issuedwith the placard by the Department and present it to law-enforcementofficials upon request.
"Person with a disability that limits or impairs his ability to walk or thatcreates a concern for his safety while walking" means a person who, asdetermined by a licensed physician, podiatrist, or chiropractor: (i) cannotwalk 200 feet without stopping to rest; (ii) cannot walk without the use ofor assistance from a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device,wheelchair, or other assistive device; (iii) is restricted by lung disease tosuch an extent that his forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for onesecond, when measured by spirometry, is less than one liter, or when at rest,his arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 millimeters of mercury on roomair; (iv) uses portable oxygen; (v) has a cardiac condition to the extentthat his functional limitations are classified in severity as Class III orClass IV according to standards set by the American Heart Association; (vi)is severely limited in his ability to walk due to an arthritic, neurological,or orthopedic condition; (vii) has some other debilitating condition that, inthe view of a licensed physician, podiatrist, or chiropractor, limits orimpairs his ability to walk; (viii) has been diagnosed with a mental ordevelopmental amentia or delay that impairs judgment including, but notlimited to, an autism spectrum disorder; (ix) has been diagnosed withAlzheimer's disease or another form of dementia; (x) is legally blind ordeaf; or (xi) has some other condition that, in the view of a licensedphysician creates a safety concern while walking because of impaired judgmentor other physical, developmental, or mental limitation. For the purposes ofthis definition, a determination of a disability by a podiatrist orchiropractor shall be limited to those conditions specified in items (i),(ii), (vi) or (vii) of this definition.
Any licensed physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, podiatrist,or chiropractor who signs a certification that states that an applicant isdisabled under clause (vii) of this definition shall specify, in a spaceprovided on the certification form, the medical condition that limits orimpairs the applicant's ability to walk. Any licensed physician, licensednurse practitioner, or licensed physician assistant who signs a certificationthat states that an applicant is disabled under clause (xi) of thisdefinition shall specify, in a space provided on the certification form, thephysical, developmental, or mental condition that creates the safety concern.
"Temporary removable windshield placard" means a two-sided, hooked placardwhich includes on each side: (i) the international symbol of access at leastthree inches in height, centered on the placard, and shown in white on a redbackground; (ii) an identification number; (iii) an expiration date imprintedon the placard and indicated by a month and year hole-punch system or analternative system designed by the Department; (iv) a misuse hotline number;(v) a warning of the penalties for placard misuse; and (vi) the seal or otheridentifying symbol of the issuing authority.
(1997, cc. 783, 904; 1999, c. 188; 2002, c. 108; 2003, c. 992; 2005, c. 276;2007, c. 715; 2010, c. 47.)