A. The department shall issue special plates bearing the international symbol of access to either:

1. 1. A person who is an owner or lessee of a motor vehicle and who either:

   1. (a) Has a permanent physical disability.
   2. (b) Is the parent or legal guardian of a minor with a permanent physical disability.
2. 2. An organization that owns or leases a motor vehicle that primarily transports persons with physical disabilities.

F. A person or an organization described in subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section that desires to obtain a permanent disability removable windshield placard or a temporary disability removable windshield placard or international symbol of access special plates shall submit an application to the department of transportation on a form furnished by the department of transportation that contains one of the following:

1. 1. If a person with a permanent or temporary disability, a medical certificate completed by a hospital administrator, an authorized physician, an authorized physician assistant, a registered nurse practitioner or a physical therapist who certifies that the applicant has a physical disability.
2. 2. If a person with a disability who is a veteran and who has a one hundred percent disability, a copy of the person's certificate of one hundred percent disability issued by the United States department of veterans affairs.
3. 3. If an organization, a signed statement by an authorized officer of the organization affirming that the registered vehicle that is owned or leased by the organization and that will display the placard or the international symbol of access special plates primarily transports persons with physical disabilities.

K. For the purposes of this section:

1. 1. "Authorized physician" means a doctor of medicine, osteopathy, podiatry or chiropractic who is licensed to practice medicine in this state or another state or authorized by the United States government to practice medicine.
2. 2. "Authorized physician assistant" means a physician assistant who is under the supervision of an authorized physician.

3. 3. "Permanent disability removable windshield placard" means a two-sided, hooked placard that includes on each side all of the following:

   1. (a) The international symbol of access that is at least three inches in height, that is centered on the placard and that is white on a blue shield.
   2. (b) An identification number.
   3. (c) The seal or other identification of the issuing authority.

4. 4. "Physical disability" means that a person, as determined by a hospital administrator or authorized physician, meets any of the following conditions:

   1. (a) Cannot walk two hundred feet without stopping to rest.
   2. (b) Cannot walk without the use of or assistance from any brace, cane, crutch, other person, prosthetic device, wheelchair or other assistive device.
   3. (c) Is restricted by lung disease to such an extent that the person's forced respiratory, expiratory volume for one second, if measured by spirometry, is less than one liter, or the arterial oxygen tension is less than sixty mm/Hg on room air at rest.
   4. (d) Uses portable oxygen.
   5. (e) 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.
   6. (f) Is severely limited in the person's ability to walk due to an arthritic, neurological or orthopedic condition.

5. 5. "Temporary disability removable windshield placard" means a two-sided, hooked placard that includes on each side all of the following:

   1. (a) The international symbol of access that is at least three inches in height, that is centered on the placard and that is white on a red shield.
   2. (b) An identification number.
   3. (c) A date of expiration.
   4. (d) The seal or other identification of the issuing authority.