Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501:1 - Bureau of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 4501:1-7 - Vehicle Registration › Section 4501:1-7-02 - Conditions for issuance of license plates, removable windshield placards and temporary removable windshield placards for persons with disabilities

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: For dates and availability of material incorporated
				by reference in this rule, see paragraph (A) in rule
				4501:1-7-15
				of the Administrative Code.]
(A) As
			 used in this rule: "removable windshield placard" or "placard" means a placard
			 issued to a person with a disability which limits or impairs the ability to
			 walk or to an organization under section
			 4503.44
			 of the Revised Code.
(B) Removable
			 windshield placards and temporary removable windshield placards shall be issued
			 upon payment of the deputy registrar fee, as required, and upon completion of
			 BMV form
			 4826 "Application for Disability Placards." Disability license plates shall be issued upon
			 payment of the deputy registrar other registration fees, as required, and upon
			 completion of page one BMV form 4834 "Health Care Provider Certification of
			 Eligibility for Disability License Plates." When a motor vehicle has been
			 altered for the purpose of providing it with special equipment for a person
			 with a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk, the owner or
			 lessee of the vehicle (other than the person with the disability) may qualify
			 for a special license plate by submitting page two of the BMV Form 4834 "Health
			 Care Provider Certification of Eligibility for Disability License Plates."
			 The evidence as prescribed by BMV form 4826 and BMV
			 form 4834 outlines the conditions for issuance of all windshield placards as
			 determined by the registrar.
(C)
			 Upon satisfactory proof to the bureau of motor vehicles from a placardholder's
			 personal health care provider, as defined in division (A)(3) of
			 section
			 4503.44
			 of the Revised Code, that the person is no longer eligible under section
			 4503.44
			 of the Revised Code and after notice from the bureau, the person shall forward
			 the removable windshield placard or the temporary removable windshield placard
			 to the bureau of motor vehicles for cancellation.
(D) When a court
			 reports to the registrar that a person who has been issued a removable
			 windshield placard or a temporary removable windshield placard or parking card
			 or specialty license plates has been convicted of a violation of section
			 4503.44
			 of the Revised Code, the registrar shall revoke the privilege of using the
			 placard or parking card and send notice in writing to the owner of the placard
			 or parking card at his or her last known address as shown in the records of the
			 bureau to return the placard or parking card to the registrar within ten days
			 following the mailing of the notice, if the card was not previously surrendered
			 to the court.
(E) If an applicant for
			 a removable windshield placard is a veteran of the armed forces of the United
			 States who is eligible under section
			 4503.44
			 of the Revised Code, and whose disability is service-connected, the registrar
			 shall, upon receipt of a completed BMV form 4531
			 "Application for Removable Windshield Placard for Active Duty Military /
			 Veterans With Disabilities," the requisite documentation from the
			 health care provider, as defined in division (A)(3) of
			 section
			 4503.44
			 of the Revised Code
								, and a letter from the department of veterans' affairs
			 stating the veteran's disability is service-connected, issue the
			 placard.
(F) The removable
			 windshield placard and temporary removable windshield placard shall be
			 displayed in such a manner that it may be viewed from the front and rear of the
			 vehicle by hanging it from the front windshield rearview mirror. When there is
			 no rearview mirror, the placard shall be displayed on the dashboard. The
			 placard shall be displayed in a prominent location on motorcycles or other
			 nonenclosed vehicles. The placard shall not be considered valid unless its
			 expiration is properly indicated.