[KeepingItReal]

Originally Posted by dbussone

Your concept of "handicapped" is somewhat archaic. My wife frequently uses a walker - she has MS. If she doesn't, she is capable of walking short distances. She can likely get from a handicapped space to a grocery basket, but not from a space out in the lower 40.

It all about honor....or the lack of same. You must have one of these conditions to qualify for a handicap parking permit. Many accidents are staged to file a lawsuit, no difference really.

Here is the law:

HSMV 83039 - REV. 08/15

PHYSICIAN/CERTIFYING PRACTITIONER'S STATEMENT OF CERTIFICATION (See Warning Below)
TEMPORARY PERMIT: This is to certify that the applicant named above is a person with a temporary disability (six months or less) that limits or impairs his/her ability to
walk or is temporarily sight impaired. Due to the temporary specific disability(ties) checked below (2-8), the disabled person parking permit should be issued from
__________________________ (date) through ___________________________ (date).
PERMANENT PERMIT: This is to certify that the applicant named above is legally blind or is a disabled person with a permanent disability (ties) that limits or impairs
his/her ability to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest. Specify below (2-8) either legally blind or the specific disability (ties).
DISABILITY TYPE AS DISPLAYED IN FRVIS:

2. Inability to walk without the use of or assistance from a brace, cane, crutch, prosthetic device, or other assistive device, or without assistance of another person. If the
assistive device significantly restores the person's ability to walk to the extent that the person can walk without severe limitation, the person is not eligible for the
exemption parking permit.
3. The need to permanently use a wheelchair.

4. Restriction by lung disease to the extent that the person's forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for 1 second, when measured by spirometry, is less than one liter or
the person's arterial oxygen is less than 60 mm/hg on room air at rest.

5. Use of portable oxygen.

6. Restriction by 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.

7. Severe limitation in a person's ability to walk due to an arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition.

8. Legally Blind (This is the only disability an Optometrist can certify.)

WARNING: Any person who knowingly makes a false or misleading statement in an application or certification under section 320.0848, Florida Statutes, commits a
misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in section 775.082 or 775.083, F.S. The penalty is up to one year in jail or a fine of $1,000 or both.