1. a. A handicapped resident of the state desiring a handicapped identification device shall apply to the department upon an application form furnished by the department providing the applicant's name, address, date of birth, and social security number and shall also provide a statement from a physician licensed under chapter 148, 149, 150, or 150A, or a chiropractor licensed under chapter 151, or a physician or chiropractor licensed to practice in a contiguous state, written on the physician's or chiropractor's stationery, stating the nature of the applicant's handicap and such additional information as required by rules adopted by the department under section 321L.8. Handicapped registration plates must be ordered pursuant to section 321.34, subsection 7. A handicapped person may apply for either one temporary or one permanent handicapped identification hanging device. Persons who seek a permanent handicapped identification device shall be required to furnish evidence upon initial application that they are permanently handicapped. A person who has provided satisfactory evidence to the department that the person is permanently handicapped shall not be required to furnish evidence of being handicapped at a later date, unless the department deems it necessary. Persons who seek only temporary handicapped identification stickers or hanging devices shall be required to furnish evidence upon initial application that they are temporarily handicapped and, in addition, furnish evidence at three-month intervals that they remain temporarily handicapped. Temporary handicapped identification stickers and hanging devices shall be of a distinctively different color from permanent handicapped identification stickers and hanging devices.
b. The department may issue permanent handicapped identification hanging devices to the following in accordance with rules adopted by the department:
(1) An organization which has a program for transporting the handicapped or elderly.
(2) A person in the business of transporting the handicapped or elderly.
One handicapped identification hanging device may be issued for each vehicle used by the organization or person for transporting the handicapped or elderly. A handicapped identification hanging device issued under this paragraph shall be surrendered to the department if the organization or person is no longer providing the service for which the device was issued. Notwithstanding section 321L.4, a person transporting handicapped or elderly in a motor vehicle for which a handicapped identification hanging device has been issued under this paragraph may display the device in the motor vehicle and may use a handicapped parking space while the motor vehicle is displaying the device. A handicapped identification hanging device issued under this paragraph shall be of a distinctively different color from the handicapped identification hanging devices issued under paragraph "a".
c. A new handicapped identification device can be issued if the previously issued device is reported lost, stolen, or damaged. The device reported as being lost or stolen shall be invalidated by the department. A device which is damaged shall be returned to the department and exchanged for a new device in accordance with rules adopted by the department.
2. Any person providing false information with the intent to defraud on the application for a handicapped identification device or on the physician's or chiropractor's statement used in establishing proof under subsection 1 is subject to a civil penalty of one hundred dollars which may be imposed by the department, or subject to invalidation by the department of the device issued to the individual, or subject to both the civil penalty and invalidation.
3. Each handicapped identification device shall be acquired by handicapped persons upon application on forms prescribed by the department. Before delivering a handicapped identification device to a handicapped person the department shall permanently affix to the device a unique number which may be used by the department to identify the individual to whom the device is issued. A temporary handicapped identification hanging device shall have the expiration date permanently affixed to the device. Expiration dates and identification numbers affixed to handicapped identification hanging devices shall be of sufficient size to be readable from outside the vehicle.
A handicapped person who owns a motor vehicle for which the handicapped person has been issued radio operator registration plates under section 321.34, subsection 3, or registration plates as a seriously disabled veteran under section 321.105 may apply to the department for a handicapped identification sticker to be affixed to the plates. The handicapped identification stickers shall bear the international symbol of accessibility. The handicapped identification stickers shall be acquired by eligible handicapped persons upon application on forms prescribed by the department.
89 Acts, ch 247, § 10; 90 Acts, ch 1151, § 5; 90 Acts, ch 1267, § 39; 95 Acts, ch 118, §30
Referred to in § 321.23, 321.166, 321L.3, 321L.4, 321L.5, 321L.10
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