Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 253a - Special License Plates and Placards for Persons Who are Blind or Persons with Disabilities › Section 14-253a-18 - Certification of blindness or disability

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Before special
			 license plates, a removable windshield placard or a temporary removable
			 windshield placard may be issued to or for a person who is blind or a person
			 with disabilities, the department shall receive and approve a certification
			 under penalty of false statement of disability or legal blindness of such
			 person. Such certification shall be delivered by the authorized certifying
			 authority as listed below through electronic submission or other means
			 prescribed by the commissioner;
(b)
			 In the case of a person who is legally blind, the certification shall be by an
			 ophthalmologist or optometrist licensed in this state or by the Connecticut
			 Board of Education and Services for the Blind.
(c) In the case of a person with disabilities
			 other than blindness, the certification shall be by a physician, a physician's
			 assistant licensed in this state, an advanced practice registered nurse,
			 licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 378 of the Connecticut
			 General Statutes, or by an authorized employee of the department who is a
			 member of the handicapped driver training unit established in accordance with
			 section
			 14-11b
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(d) At the discretion of the commissioner,
			 certification of service connected disability or legal blindness issued by the
			 United States Veterans Administration on behalf of an individual applicant may
			 be accepted.
(e) The certification
			 made in accordance with subsection (b) or (c) of this section shall be made on
			 the application form, or as otherwise required by the commissioner.
(f) If the commissioner has reasonable belief
			 that the person may not meet the criteria for a person who is blind or for a
			 person with disabilities, the commissioner may require additional evidence or
			 certification that the applicant is a person who is blind or has a disability
			 which limits or impairs the applicant's ability to walk.
(g) A request for additional evidence or
			 certification in accordance with subsection (e) of this section shall be made
			 in writing to the applicant's address of record at the department or an
			 alternative standard or electronic mailing address as directed by the applicant
			 or nominee.
(h) If an applicant who
			 has been requested to submit additional evidence or certification in accordance
			 with subsection (e) of this section fails to do so within thirty days of the
			 mailing of such request, or if upon receipt of such additional evidence or
			 certification is deemed to be unqualified by the commissioner, the commissioner
			 may refuse to issue, or, if already issued, may suspend or revoke and require
			 the return of any special license plates, removable windshield placard or
			 temporary removable windshield placard issued to or on behalf of such
			 person.
(i) Any person whose
			 application has been denied, or whose special license plates, removable
			 windshield placard or temporary removable windshield placard has been suspended
			 or revoked in accordance with subsection (h) of this section, shall be provided
			 notice and afforded an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with the
			 provisions of Chapter 54 of the Connecticut General Statutes. Any suspension or
			 revocation shall be stayed pending the hearing.
(j) Any medical reports or medical evidence
			 submitted in accordance with this section shall be maintained in confidence by
			 the commissioner and shall not be open to public inspection except as required
			 by law.