Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-15-112

A. As used in this section:

1. "Physician" means any person holding a valid license to

practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine, chiropractic,

podiatric medicine, or optometry, pursuant to the state licensing

provisions of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

2. "Physician assistant" means any person holding a valid

license as a physician assistant, pursuant to the state licensing

provisions of the Physician Assistant Act;

3. "Advanced registered nurse practitioner" means any person

who holds a current license as a registered nurse and a current

certificate of recognition for practice as an Advanced Registered

Nurse Practitioner as set forth in the Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act

pursuant to the state licensing provisions contained in paragraph 5

of Section 567.3a of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

4. "Physical disability" means an illness, disease, injury or

condition by reason of which a person:

a. cannot walk two hundred (200) feet without stopping to

rest,

b. cannot walk without the use of or assistance from a

brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic

device, wheelchair or other assistance device,

c. is restricted to such an extent that the person's

forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for one (1)

second, when measured by spirometry, is less than one

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(1) liter, or the arterial oxygen tension is less than

sixty (60) mm/hg on room air at rest,

d. must use portable oxygen,

e. has functional limitations which are classified in

severity as Class III or Class IV according to

standards set by the American Heart Association,

f. is severely limited in the person's ability to walk

due to an arthritic, neurological or orthopedic

condition, or from complications due to pregnancy,

g. is certified legally blind, or is missing one or more

limbs.

B. Service Oklahoma shall issue a detachable placard indicating

physical disability to any person who submits an application on a

form furnished by Service Oklahoma and certified by a physician,

physician assistant, or advanced registered nurse practitioner

attesting that the applicant has a physical disability. The

attestation of the physician, physician assistant, or advanced

registered nurse practitioner shall denote "temporary" as the type

of placard requested and shall indicate an expiration date which the

physician, physician assistant, or advanced registered nurse

practitioner estimates to be the date of termination of such

physical disability; however, if the physician, physician assistant,

or advanced registered nurse practitioner certifies that the

physical disability is permanent, the physician, physician

assistant, or advanced registered nurse practitioner shall denote

"five-year" as the type of placard requested.

C. Any placard issued by Service Oklahoma shall remain valid

until:

1. The placard expires;

2. The person to whom the placard was issued requests a

replacement placard; or

3. The placard is no longer needed by the person to whom the

placard was issued for the disability for which the placard was

originally issued, whereupon such placard shall be returned to

Service Oklahoma.

D. 1. A five-year placard shall expire five (5) years from the

last day of the month in which the placard was issued. Upon the

expiration of a five-year placard, the person to whom such placard

was issued may obtain a subsequent placard by reapplying to Service

Oklahoma, in the same manner as provided in subsection B of this

section.

2. A temporary placard shall indicate the expiration date which

the physician, physician assistant, or advanced registered nurse

practitioner certifying the physical disability estimates to be the

date of termination of such physical disability, which shall not be

later than six (6) months from the date of issuance and upon which

date such placard shall expire and shall be returned to Service
2. A temporary placard shall indicate the expiration date which

the physician, physician assistant, or advanced registered nurse

practitioner certifying the physical disability estimates to be the

date of termination of such physical disability, which shall not be

later than six (6) months from the date of issuance and upon which

date such placard shall expire and shall be returned to Service

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Oklahoma; provided, however, nothing in this paragraph shall be

construed to prevent the holder from applying for another placard,

as provided for in this section.

3. In the event that a placard is lost or destroyed, the person

to whom such placard was issued may apply in writing to Service

Oklahoma for a replacement placard, which Service Oklahoma shall

issue with the same expiration date as the original placard.

4. On and after January 1, 1998, all placards issued prior to

October 31, 1990, shall expire on the last day of the month in which

the placard was issued, and the person to whom such placard was

issued may follow the procedure provided for in subsection B of this

section to obtain a second or subsequent placard.

5. On and after January 1, 2000, all placards issued between

November 1, 1990, and June 30, 1995, shall expire on the last day of

the birth month of the person to whom the placard was issued, and

the person to whom such placard was issued may follow the procedure

provided for in subsection B of this section to obtain a second or

subsequent placard.

E. A physician, physician assistant, or advanced registered

nurse practitioner may sign an application certifying that a person

has a physical disability, as provided in subsection B of this

section, only if care and treatment of the illness, disease, injury

or condition causing the physical disability of such person falls

within the authorized scope of practice of the physician or

physician assistant, or advanced registered nurse practitioner.

F. Service Oklahoma shall have the power to formulate, adopt

and promulgate rules as may be necessary to implement and administer

the provisions of this section, including, but not limited to,

prescribing the manner in which the placard is to be displayed on a

motor vehicle.

G. All applications and information submitted in conjunction

with an application for a placard are confidential and Service

Oklahoma shall not be required to release to any person,

applications, or placard information, in whole or in part and in any

format, except as otherwise provided for in this subsection.

Information contained on the application, including personally

identifiable information, shall only be released for the following

purposes:

1. For use by a law enforcement agency in carrying out its

functions, specifically including parking enforcement; and

2. For use in connection with any civil, criminal, or

administrative proceeding in any federal, state, or local court or

agency.

H. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the issuance of a

temporary placard to a pregnant woman whose condition, as determined

by a physician, physician assistant, or advanced registered nurse

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practitioner, meets one or more of the categories described in

paragraph 4 of subsection A of this section.