Illinois Administrative Code › Title 92 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1100 - RULES OF THE ROAD - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES PARKING PROGRAM › Section 1100.5 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Affirmation by an authorized agent" means the agent for a
				corporation, school district or special education cooperative attests that the
				individuals being transported are qualified under IVC Section 1-159.1 and are
				permanently disabled (i.e., indefinitely subject to a physical disability or a
				developmental disability as defined in Section 4A(a) of the Illinois
				Identification Card Act [15
				ILCS 335/4A(a) ]).
"Authorized holder" means an individual issued a person with
				disabilities license plate under IVC Section 3-616 or 3-609(a), or an
				individual issued a person-with-disabilities parking decal or device under IVC
				Section 11-1301.2.
"Competent medical specialist" means a person affirming that
				the applicant for a person-with-disabilities license plate or decal or device
				is a disabled person in accordance with IVC Section 1-159.1. This person shall
				be licensed under the Medical Practice Act [225 ILCS 60 ], or similar law of
				another jurisdiction, or a person specified in the Illinois Identification Card
				Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code, including a physician assistant who has been
				delegated the authority to make this determination by his or her supervising
				physician, or an advanced practice nurse who has a written collaborative
				agreement with a collaborating physician that authorizes the advanced practice
				nurse to make this determination [625 ILCS
				5/3-616(a) ].
"Decal or device" means a placard described in Section
				1100.10(a)
				that, when displayed in a vehicle, authorizes the parking of the vehicle in
				parking spaces reserved for the disabled, and authorizes other parking
				privileges as outlined in IVC Sections 11-1301.1 and 11-1301.2. "Decal or
				device" does not mean a sticker with adhesive backing which is permanently
				affixed to the vehicle.
"DFPR" means the Illinois Department of Financial and
				Professional Regulation.
"False information" means any incorrect or inaccurate
				information concerning the name, date of birth, social security number,
				driver's license number, physician certification, or any other information
				required on the application for a person-with-disabilities license plate or
				parking decal or device that falsifies the content of the application.
"Fictitious person with disabilities license plate or parking
				decal or device" means any person with disabilities license plate or parking
				decal or device that has been issued by the Secretary or authorized unit of
				local government that was issued based upon false information contained on the
				required application.
"Fraudulent person with disabilities license plate or parking
				decal or device" means any person with disabilities license plate or parking
				decal or device that purports to be an official person with disabilities
				license plate or parking decal or device and has not been issued by the
				Secretary or an authorized unit of local government.
"IVC" means the Illinois Vehicle Code [625 ILCS 5 ].
"Metered-exempt decal or device", as that term is used in IVC
				Section 11-1301.2, means a decal or device that is issued by the Secretary to a
				natural person who, as determined by a licensed physician, physician assistant
				or advanced practice nurse, meets the criteria established under IVC Section
				11-1301.2(c-5).
"Permanent disability" means a disability that affects an
				individual indefinitely as defined in the Illinois Identification Card Act
				[15 ILCS
				335/4A ].
"Person with disabilities" means a natural person who, as
				determined by a licensed physician: cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to
				rest; cannot walk without the use of, or assistance from, a brace, cane,
				crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair, or other assistive
				device; is restricted by lung disease to such an extent that his or her forced
				(respiratory) expiratory volume for one second, when measured by spirometry, is
				less than one liter, or the arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 mmhg on
				room air at rest; uses portable oxygen; has a cardiac condition to the extent
				that the person's functional limitations are classified in severity as Class
				III or Class IV, according to standards set by the American Heart Association
				(Classification of Functional Capacity and Objective Assessment of Patients
				with Diseases of the Heart, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, Texas, effective
				March 4, 1994, no subsequent dates and editions); or is severely limited in the
				person's ability to walk due to an arthritic, neurological, oncological or
				orthopedic condition.
"Secretary" means the Illinois Secretary of State.
"Temporary disability" means a disability that lasts up to six
				months and is not permanent in nature.
"Unlawfully altered person with disabilities license plate or
				parking decal or device" means any person with disabilities license plate or
				parking decal or device issued by the Secretary or authorized unit of local
				government that has been physically altered or changed in such a manner that
				false information, which may include but shall not be limited to incorrect
				expiration date or incorrect decal or device number, appears on the license
				plate or parking decal or device.
"While the person with disabilities is present", as that term
				is used in IVC Section 11-1301.1, means that the person with disabilities must
				either exit or enter the vehicle while the vehicle is parked in a designated
				person with disabilities parking area or in an area where parking meter time
				restrictions are waived. In other words, an able-bodied driver cannot drop off
				the person with disabilities at the entrance to a facility, park in a person
				with disabilities parking space, and then return to pick up the person with
				disabilities.