GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2015
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HOUSE DRH30186-ML-216 (3/27)
Short Title: Handicap Placard/Med. Recertification. |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives S. Martin, Torbett, and Lucas (Primary Sponsors). |
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Referred to: |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide that medical recertification is not required for renewals of removable windshield handicapped placards if the person is certified as totally and permanently disabled.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 20‑37.6(c1) reads as rewritten:
"(c1) Application and Renewal; Physician's
Certification. – The initial application for a distinguishing license plate,
removable windshield placard, or temporary removable windshield placard shall
be accompanied by a certification of a licensed physician, ophthalmologist, or
optometrist or of the Division of Services for the Blind that the applicant is
handicapped. The application for a temporary removable windshield placard shall
contain additional certification to include the period of time the certifying
authority determines the applicant will have the disability. Distinguishing
license plates shall be renewed annually, but subsequent applications shall not
require a medical certification that the applicant is handicapped. Removable
windshield placards shall be renewed every five years, andand, except
for a person certified as totally and permanently disabled at the time of the
initial application or a prior renewal under this subsection, the renewal
shall require a medical recertification that the person is handicapped.
Temporary removable windshield placards shall expire no later than six months
after issuance."
SECTION 2. The Division of Motor Vehicles shall develop or update the appropriate forms and procedures necessary to implement this act.
SECTION 3. Section 2 of this act is effective when this act becomes law. The remainder of this act becomes effective July 1, 2015.