Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 761 - Transportation Department › Vehicles › Chapter 411 - Persons With Disabilities Parking Permits › Rule 761-411.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) The
				definitions in Iowa Code section 321L.1 are hereby made part of and fully
				incorporated in this chapter.
(2)
				As used in this chapter:
"Child"
means the same as defined in
				  761-subrule 401.20(2).
"Health care provider"
means a physician
				  licensed under Iowa Code chapter 148 or 149, a physician assistant licensed
				  under Iowa Code chapter 148C, an advanced registered nurse practitioner
				  licensed under Iowa Code chapter 152, a chiropractor licensed under Iowa Code
				  chapter 151, an occupational therapist licensed under Iowa Code chapter 148B, a
				  physical therapist licensed under Iowa Code chapter 148A, or a physician,
				  physician assistant, nurse practitioner, chiropractor, occupational therapist,
				  or physical therapist licensed to practice in another state as set forth in
				  Iowa Code section
				  321L.2(1)
				   as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts, House File
				  2259, section 2.
"Nonexpiring removable windshield placard"
means a removable windshield placard issued on or before December 31, 2016, to
				  a person with a permanent disability.
"Organization"
means an applicant that is a
				  corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, business trust, estate, trust,
				  limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental
				  subdivision, agency, instrumentality, public corporation, or any other legal or
				  commercial entity lawfully doing business in the state of Iowa that has a
				  program for transporting persons with disabilities or elderly persons.
"Permanent disability"
means an applicant is
				  a person with a disability as defined in Iowa Code section
				  321L.1(8)
				   and the disability will continue
				  indefinitely without resolution and is reasonably expected to last the
				  applicant's lifetime.
"Standard removable windshield placard"
means a removable windshield placard issued on or after January 1, 2017, to a
				  person with a permanent disability.
"Statement of disability"
means a
				  communication, electronic or otherwise, originating from the applicant's health
				  care provider, which attests that the applicant is a person with a disability
				  as defined in Iowa Code section
				  321L.1(8).
				  The statement must state the nature of the applicant's disability and indicate
				  whether the applicant's disability is "temporary" or "permanent." If the
				  disability is temporary, the statement shall state the period of time during
				  which the applicant is expected to be disabled and the period of time for which
				  the permit should be issued, not to exceed six months. The statement must be
				  written on the health care provider's stationery.
"Stationery"
means any communication,
				  electronic or otherwise, from which the department may reasonably identify, on
				  or within its contents, that it originated from the applicant's health care
				  provider.
"Temporary disability"
means an applicant is
				  a person with a disability as defined in Iowa Code section
				  321L.1(8)
				   and the disability is not permanent and is
				  reasonably expected to last for only a limited period of time.
"Temporary removable windshield placard"
means a removable windshield placard issued to a person with a temporary
				  disability.