189.458 Temporary accessible parking placard for person with a disability -- Replacement -- Fee -- Proof of disability -- Display -- Administrative regulations. (1) Upon application of any person who has a severe temporary visual, audio, or physical impairment, including partial paralysis, heart condition, emphysema, arthritis, rheumatism, or other debilitating condition which limits or impairs one's personal mobility or ability to walk as defined in KRS 186.042, the county clerk in the county of the person's residence shall issue the person with a disability a temporary accessible parking placard. (2) The accessible parking placard issued shall be a two (2) sided hanger style placard and shall on each side bear the international symbol of access adopted by Rehabilitation International in 1969. One (1) side of the placard shall bear the date of expiration of the placard, a seal or other identification of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, and shall contain the accessible parking placard identification number and other information the Transportation Cabinet may by administrative regulation require. The international symbol of access shall be at least three (3) inches in height, be centered on the placard and in a white color on a red shield. (3) (a) A temporary accessible parking placard shall be issued at no charge by the county clerk, and the placard shall be valid for a period of not more than three (3) months. (b) A person with a disability who has been issued a temporary parking placard pursuant to this section may make application for a replacement placard by swearing in an affidavit that the original placard has been lost, stolen, or destroyed. A replacement parking placard shall be issued at a fee of ten dollars ($10), of which eight dollars ($8) shall be forwarded to the road fund and two dollars ($2) shall be retained by the clerk. Replacement placards issued under this paragraph shall retain the same expiration date as the initial temporary placard. If a damaged placard is returned to the clerk, a replacement shall be issued at no cost. (4) The application shall be made on a form prepared by the Transportation Cabinet. The placards shall be printed at cabinet expense. The county clerk of each county shall keep a record of applications filed and placards issued. Placards issued under this section shall be issued in the name of the applicant and shall not be tied to the applicant's motor vehicle or a motor vehicle used to transport the applicant. (5) For every person seeking a temporary accessible parking placard, proof of the disability shall be required by: (a) The county clerk ascertaining that the applicant meets the criteria established by the Transportation Cabinet for placard issuance; or (b) A statement from a licensed physician, physician assistant, physical therapist, occupational therapist, chiropractor, or advanced practice registered nurse that the applicant is a person whose mobility, flexibility, coordination, respiration, or perceptiveness is significantly reduced by a temporary disability to that person's arms, legs, lungs, heart, ears, or eyes. The statement shall be submitted on a form prescribed by the cabinet and shall not be dated more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of application. (6) The temporary accessible parking placard, when the vehicle is parked in a parking space designated as accessible to and for the use of a person with a disability, shall be displayed so that the expiration date may be viewed from the front of the vehicle by hanging it from the front windshield rear view mirror. When there is no rear view mirror, the placard shall be displayed on the dashboard so that the expiration date may be viewed. (7) The Transportation Cabinet may promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A to implement or administer this section, including but not limited to the designing of required forms and establishing placard issuance criteria for county clerks. Effective: July 14, 2018 History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2018. -- Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 76, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2014. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 5, effective January 1, 2007. -- Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 131, sec. 2, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 405, sec. 41, effective July 15, 1994; and ch. 416, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1994. – Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 60, sec. 5, effective July 14, 1992.