Alabama § 32-6-231 - Distinctive Special Access or Disability Access Windshield Placard.

§ 32-6-231. Distinctive Special Access or Disability Access Windshield Placard.

(a) Any individual who submits to the license issuing official a completed special access parking or disability access parking application form approved by the Commissioner of Revenue which includes the physician’s certification that he or she is an individual with a disability shall be issued one removable windshield placard displaying the Dynamic Accessibility Symbol, thereby designating the driver of the vehicle or the passenger as being an individual with a disability.

(1) The removable windshield placard shall be prepared by the commissioner in conformity to Public Law 100-641 and rulemaking resulting therefrom.

(2)a. The removable windshield placard issued to the individual with a long-term disability shall expire after a maximum period of five years or any period less than five years to be designated by the commissioner. The placard shall clearly reveal the expiration date and shall be designed in accordance with Public Law 100-641 and rulemaking resulting therefrom to hang from the front windshield rearview mirror when the vehicle is parked in a parking space reserved for individuals with disabilities. If the vehicle lacks a rearview mirror, the placard shall be placed on the dashboard.

b. The commissioner may require all individuals with long-term disabilities to be recertified by a licensed physician before new removable windshield placards may be reissued.

(3) In the event that an individual with a disability does not have the distinctive special access or disability access license plate as provided under Division 3 of Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 40, upon request, a second placard may be issued.

(b) The commissioner may adopt any rules necessary to administer this division.

(c) An individual with a temporary disability, who submits to the license issuing official a completed special access or disability access application form approved by the commissioner which includes the physician’s certification that he or she is an individual with a temporary disability, shall be issued one temporary removable windshield placard for a period valid up to six months.

(d)(1) A removable windshield placard issued to an individual with a long-term or temporary disability shall expire one week following the death of the individual with a disability.

(2) The executor of the estate of any individual with a disability who has been issued a removable windshield placard shall notify the local licensing official of the death of the individual with a disability either at the time of probate proceedings or within 90 days of the individual’s death, whichever comes first.

(e) Any special access or disability access placard that is not in conformity with the federal system rule for parking reserved for individuals with disabilities, Public Law 100-641, and subsequent Rule 23 C.F.R. § 1235, shall not be recognized as a valid disabled parking credential.