DVR pays for the cost of fueling a personal vehicle as a transportation service if you meet the conditions for DVR to pay for a VR service as outlined in WAC 388-891A-1100, the conditions for DVR to pay for services that facilitate driving a personal vehicle in WAC 388-891A-1172, and the following additional conditions:

1. (1) When public transportation is not available or does not meet your needs (including your disability and accessibility needs):

   1. (a) You provide DVR with documentation that shows:

      1. (i) The vehicle is currently licensed and insured; and
      2. (ii) Proof you or the driver of the personal vehicle has a valid driver's license;
   2. (b) You provide documentation of point-to-point mileage using an online map service; and
   3. (c) DVR staff calculates the point-to-point fuel allowance by multiplying the number of miles by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) standard medical mileage rate; or

2. (2) When public transportation is available that meets your transportation needs (including your disability and accessibility needs), but you choose to use a personal vehicle:

   1. (a) You provide DVR with documentation that shows:

      1. (i) The vehicle is currently licensed and insured; and
      2. (ii) Proof you or the driver of the personal vehicle has a valid driver's license; and
   2. (b) DVR authorizes a fuel allowance up to the amount of the least cost bus pass available to you that meets your transportation needs.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.29.020(8) and 34 C.F.R., Parts 361, 363, 397. WSR 18-12-035, § 388-891A-1173, filed 5/29/18, effective 6/30/18.]