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(III) IS UNABLE TO WALK 200 FEET WITHOUT STOPPING TO REST;

(IV) IS UNABLE TO WALK WITHOUT THE USE OF, OR ASSISTANCE
FROM, A BRACE, CANE, CRUTCH, ANOTHER PERSON, PROSTHETIC DEVICE, OR OTHER
ASSISTIVE DEVICE;

(V) REQUIRES A WHEELCHAIR FOR MOBILITY;

(VI) HAS LOST, OR LOST THE USE OF, A FOOT OR LEG;

(VII) HAS LOST, OR LOST THE USE OF, AN ARM OR A HAND;
[(iv)] (VIII)Has a permanent impairment of both eyes so that:

1. The central visual acuity is 20/200 or less in the better eye,
with corrective glasses; or

2. 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)] (DC) Has a [physical] PERMANENT 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) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE QUALIFYING
DISABILITIES SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE
CERTIFIED AS FOLLOWS:

(I) A LICENSED PHYSICIAN MAY CERTIFY CONDITIONS SPECIFIED
IN PARAGRAPH (1)(I) THROUGH (IX) OF THIS SUBSECTION;

(II) A LICENSED CHIROPRACTOR OR A LICENSED PODIATRIST MAY
CERTIFY CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (1)(III) THROUGH (VII) AND (IX) OF
THIS SUBSECTION;

(III) A LICENSED OPTOMETRIST MAY CERTIFY THE CONDITION
SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (1)(VIII) OF THIS SUBSECTION; AND

(IV) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF PARAGRAPH (1) OF
THIS SUBSECTION, THE APPLICANT MAY SELF-CERTIFY CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN
PARAGRAPH (1)(VI) AND (VII) OF THIS SUBSECTION BY APPEARING IN PERSON WITH
PROPER IDENTIFICATION AT A FULL-SERVICE MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS.

(3) This section applies only to:

(i) A Class A (passenger) vehicle;

(ii) A Class D (motorcycle) vehicle;

(iii) A Class M (multipurpose) vehicle;

 

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