Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 55 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Part III - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Drivers License › Subchapter A - General Requirements › Section III-161 - Digitized Drivers License or Special ID Card

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. As used in this Section, digitized drivers
				  license shall have the meaning assigned to it as in Title 32 of the 1950
Louisiana Revised Statutes
.
B. As used in this Section, a
digitized special identification card
shall mean a data file
				  available on any mobile device which has connectivity to the internet through
				  an application that allows the mobile device to download the data file from the
				  department or an authorized representative of the department and contains all
				  of the data elements visible on the face and back of the special identification
				  card, displays the current status of the identification card that complies with
				  the standard of REAL ID. For purposes of the Subparagraph, "current status"
				  shall include but is not limited to valid, expired, or cancelled. A digital
				  copy, photograph, or image of a special identification card which is not
				  downloaded through the application on a mobile device shall not be considered a
				  valid digitized special identification card as provided by this
				  Subsection.
C. A licensee may
				  obtain a digitized drivers license or special identification card by purchasing
				  the digitized drivers license or special identification card application from
				  the department or its authorized representative. The fee to initially install
				  the application to display a digitized drivers license or special
				  identification card on a mobile device shall be $6. The $6 fee will also be
				  charged if the holder of a drivers license or special identification card
				  desires to continue using the application upon renewal of the
				  credential.
D. The application
				  shall be installed upon initial purchase and upon renewal of a drivers license
				  or special identification card.
E.
				  The number of active applications per drivers license or special identification
				  card is limited to one unless the capability to add additional devices is
				  approved by the commissioner.
F. In
				  the case of lost, stolen, or replaced mobile devices, the holder of a digitized
				  drivers license or special identification card shall re-assign the application
				  to another mobile device and terminate use of the application on the lost,
				  stolen, or replaced mobile device.
G. The licensee utilizing the digitized
				  drivers license or special identification card is responsible for the
				  successful operation of the application. If the person to whom the licensee is
				  presenting the digitized drivers license or special identification card to is
				  unable to read the digitized drivers license or special identification card, it
				  will be as if the licensee did not present a drivers license at all.
H. Acceptance of the digitized drivers
				  license or special identification card by individuals, businesses, and
				  governmental entities is subject to the applicable state and federal
				  laws.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 32:411(F)(1) and (3)(d) and
					 (f) and
					 R.S.
					 40:1321(B).