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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 424

paragraph (2) of this subsection may apply to the
Administration for the assignment to that vehicle of a
special, disabled persons registration number, if the
applicant, a dependent of the applicant, or any individual
who depends on the applicant for transportation:

(i) Has permanently lost the use of a leg

or an arm;

(ii) Is so severely disabled as to be
unable to move without a wheelchair or crutches; [or]

(iii) So suffers from lung disease that his
forced expiratory volume, one second, when measured by
spirometry, is less than one liter[.]; OR

(IV) IS BLIND IN THE CASE OF A DEPENDENT

OR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO DEPENDS ON THE APPLICANT FOR

TRANSPORTATION. HAS A PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT OF BOTH EYES SO
THAT:

(A) THE CENTRAL VISUAL ACUITY IS
20/200 OR LESS IN THE BETTER EYE, WITH CORRECTIVE GLASSES;

(B) THERE IS A FIELD DEFECT IN

WHICH THE PERIPHERAL FIELD HAS CONTRACTED TO SUCH AN EXTENT

THAT THE WIDEST DIAMETER OF VISUAL FIELD SUBTENDS AN ANGULAR
DISTANCE NO GREATER THAN 20 DEGREES IN THE BETTER EYE; OR

(V) HAS A PHYSICAL DISABILITY, AS

CERTIFIED BY__A LICENSED PHYSICIAN AND DETERMINED BY THE

ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS PERMANENT, WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY

IMPAIRS THE PERSON'S MOBILITY, AND WHICH IS SO SEVERE THAT

THE PERSON WOULD ENDURE A HARDSHIP OR BE SUBJECT TO A RISK

OF__INJURY IF THE PRIVILEGES ACCORDED A PERSON FOR WHOM A

VEHICLE IS SPECIALLY__REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION WERE

DENIED.

(2) This section applies only as to:

(i) A Class A (passenger) vehicle; or

(ii) A Class E (truck) vehicle with a 3/4
ton or less manufacturer's rated capacity and specially
equipped for the transportation of or operation by a
handicapped individual.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 16, 1978.