HB 0063

CS

CHAMBER ACTION

1	The State Infrastructure Council recommends the following:
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3	Council/Committee Substitute
4	Remove the entire bill and insert:
5	A bill to be entitled
6	An act relating to disabled parking permits; amending s.
7	320.0848, F.S.; revising requirements for certification of
8	disability; removing certain restrictions on certification
9	of disability by an advanced registered nurse practitioner
10	or a physician assistant; providing for disciplinary
11	action for violation by certain certifying practitioners;
12	providing an effective date.
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14	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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16	Section 1.  Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1) and
17	subsection (9) of section 320.0848, Florida Statutes, are
18	amended to read:
19	320.0848  Persons who have disabilities; issuance of
20	disabled parking permits; temporary permits; permits for certain
21	providers of transportation services to persons who have
22	disabilities.--
23	(1)
24	(b)1.  The person must be currently certified as being
25	legally blind or as having any of the following disabilities
26	that render him or her unable to walk 200 feet without stopping
27	to rest:
28	a.  Inability to walk without the use of or assistance from
29	a brace, cane, crutch, prosthetic device, or other assistive
30	device, or without the assistance of another person. If the
31	assistive device significantly restores the person's ability to
32	walk to the extent that the person can walk without severe
33	limitation, the person is not eligible for the exemption parking
34	permit.
35	b.  The need to permanently use a wheelchair.
36	c.  Restriction by lung disease to the extent that the
37	person's forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for 1 second,
38	when measured by spirometry, is less than 1 liter, or the
39	person's arterial oxygen is less than 60 mm/hg on room air at
40	rest.
41	d.  Use of portable oxygen.
42	e.  Restriction by cardiac condition to the extent that the
43	person's functional limitations are classified in severity as
44	Class III or Class IV according to standards set by the American
45	Heart Association.
46	f.  Severe limitation in the person's ability to walk due
47	to an arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition.
48	2.  The certification of disability which is required under
49	subparagraph 1. must be provided by a physician licensed under
50	chapter 458, chapter 459, or chapter 460, by a podiatric
51	physician licensed under chapter 461, by an optometrist licensed
52	under chapter 463, by an advanced registered nurse practitioner
53	licensed under chapter 464 in a facility operated by the United
54	States Department of Veterans Affairs under the protocol of a
55	licensed physician as stated in this subparagraph, by a
56	physician assistant licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 in
57	a facility operated by the United States Department of Veterans
58	Affairs, by the Adjudication Office of the United States
59	Department of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor, or by a
60	similarly licensed physician from another state if the
61	application is accompanied by documentation of the physician's
62	licensure in the other state and a form signed by the out-of-
63	state physician verifying his or her knowledge of this state's
64	eligibility guidelines.
65	(c)  The certificate of disability must include, but need
66	not be limited to:
67	1.  The disability of the applicant; the certifying
68	practitioner's physician's name and address; the practitioner's
69	physician's certification number; the eligibility criteria for
70	the permit; the penalty for falsification by either the
71	certifying practitioner physician or the applicant; the duration
72	of the condition that entitles the person to the permit; and
73	justification for the additional placard pursuant to subsection
74	(2).
75	2.  The statement, in bold letters: "A disabled parking
76	permit may be issued only for a medical necessity that severely
77	affects mobility."
78	3.  The signatures of:
79	a.  The applicant's physician or other certifying
80	practitioner.;
81	b.  The applicant or the applicant's parent or guardian.;
82	and
83	c.  The employee of the department's authorized agent which
84	employee is processing the application.
85	(9)  A violation of this section is grounds for
86	disciplinary action under s. 458.331, s. 459.015, s. 460.413, or
87	s. 461.013, s. 463.016, or s. 464.018, as applicable.
88	Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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