(a) Exemption from the use of a child passenger restraint system for medical reasons may be obtained upon written certification by a physician that use of a child passenger restraint system is impractical. The certification must be made on a form developed by the Department which will require the following information:
- (1) The physician’s name and practice address.
- (2) The date the form was completed.
- (3) The name, age and weight of the child.
- (4) The medical or physical reasons that the use of a particular child passenger restraint system or systems is impractical.
- (5) A recommendation of the type of passenger restraint the child should be fastened into or a statement that no appropriate passenger restraint system is known.
- (6) A recommendation regarding the length of time the exemption should extend, or a statement of the conditions under which the exemption should be lifted.
- (7) Other information deemed relevant by the physician, such as whether the child can be fastened into the child passenger restraint system but for only limited periods of time.
- (b) The completed form must be in the possession of the vehicle operator or other adult traveling with the child whenever the child is being transported.