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Before applying for a Person with Disabilities Parking Card , you must review the regulations below. You will find a link to the Person with Disabilities Parking Card application at the end of the regulations.
DEFINITION: "PERSON WITH DISABILITIES" (625 ILCS 5/1-159.1)
"A natural person who, as determined by a licensed physician: (1) cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; (2) cannot walk without the use of, or assistance from, a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair, or other assistive device; (3) is restricted by lung disease to such an extent that his or her forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for one second, when measured by spirometry, is less than one liter, or the arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 mm/hg on room air at rest; (4) uses portable oxygen; (5) has a 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; or (6) is severely limited in the person’s ability to walk due to an arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition."
Parking privileges are strictly limited to the person with disabilities. The disabled person must be present when parking the vehicle in areas reserved for the person with disabilities.
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