Handicap License

[jpgeek]

Is it relatively easy to obtain a placard or license plate if you have troubles getting around. My wife is going in for a hip replacement in a month and I was just wondering if anyone knows how hard or easy it is to get one?

Thanks

 

[SeaBreeze]

A gal I knew from work said it was really easy, she had gotten a parking pass after a knee replacement operation. Here's the info for California, it's the 5th section down on the page...http://www.dmv.org/ca-california/license-plates.php#Disability-License-Plates-or-Placards

 

[OhioBob]

It is extremely easy. Check with your local Department of Motor Vehicles for more information.

 

[jpgeek]

Thanks for the info guys, I am sure we will get one due to the type of surgery... I just wanted to be prepared

 

[KokosMomMom]

If you go online to your local DMV there should be a form for you to print out and have your physician fill out. After s/he fills it out then you take it to the DMV (provided it was saying that you qualify) and they give you the placard. Some states (Maryland) also gives you a card to carry with you.

 

[Iodine]

My neighbor broke her leg and then her Dr had to sign the paperwork. He told her to "walk" it into the DMV and she'd receive it a lot faster. She didn't and mailed it in and it took her several weeks to get it from the DMV here in California. I don't know if hers is an isolated case or not.