13-616.2.

(a) A person may apply to the Administration for a temporary parking
[permit] PLACARD on a form provided by the Administration if:

(1) The [person] APPLICANT, A DEPENDENT OF THE APPLICANT, OR
ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO DEPENDS ON THE APPLICANT FOR TRANSPORTATION has a
disability, as [certified by a licensed physician] DESCRIBED IN § 13-616(B)(1) OF THIS
SUBTITLE; and

(2) [The Administration determines] A LICENSED PHYSICIAN, LICENSED
CHIROPRACTOR LICENSED OPTOMETRIST, OR LICENSED PODIATRIST, AS DEFINED
IN § 13-616(A) OF THIS SUBTITLE₁ CERTIFIES that the disability is not permanent but
would substantially impair the applicant's mobility or limit or impair the applicant's
ability to walk for at least 3 weeks, and is so severe that the applicant would endure
a hardship or be subject to risk of injury if the temporary parking [permit] PLACARD
were denied.

(b) An application under subsection (a) of this section shall be accompanied

by:

(1) Proof satisfactory to the Administration that the applicant, THE
DEPENDENT OF THE APPLICANT, OR THE INDIVIDUAL WHO DEPENDS ON THE
APPLICANT FOR TRANSPORTATION is a person with a disability under subsection (a)
of this section; and

(2) The certification of a licensed physician, LICENSED CHIROPRACTOR,
LICENSED OPTOMETRIST, OR LICENSED PODIATRIST that the applicant, THE
DEPENDENT OF THE APPLICANT, OR THE INDIVIDUAL WHO DEPENDS ON THE
APPLICANT FOR TRANSPORTATION is disabled, including an estimate of the length of
time the disability will continue.

(c) [The Administration may establish and charge a fee for the issuance of the
temporary parking permit for a person with a disability and for the issuance of a
duplicate placard.

(d) ] (1) A temporary, parking [permit] PLACARD for a person with a
disability issued under this section shall be valid for a period of time the LICENSED
physician, LICENSED CHIROPRACTOR LICENSED OPTOMETRIST, OR LICENSED
PODIATRIST has determined that the applicant, THE DEPENDENT OF THE APPLICANT,
OR THE INDIVIDUAL WHO DEPENDS ON THE APPLICANT FOR TRANSPORTATION is
likely to have the disability, not to exceed 6 months.

(2) THE PERSON TO WHOM A TEMPORARY PARKING PLACARD WAS
ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL RETURN THE PLACARD TO THE
ADMINISTRATION WITHIN 5 CALENDAR DAYS OF THE PLACARD'S EXPIRATION.

[(e)] (D) (1) A temporary parking [permit] PLACARD for a person with a
disability shall be issued in the [form of a temporary removable windshield placard in
the] form, size, and design determined by the Administration.