P.R. Laws tit. 9, § 5023
Every disabled person who applies for the removable parking placard, provided in §§ 5022 and 5022a of this title, shall meet the following requirements:
(a) Present a duly completed application that includes the information required by this chapter and its regulations.
(b) Include with the application, the medical certificate issued by a specialized physician, duly authorized to practice his/her profession in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and who is in good standing before the Board of Medical Examiners of Puerto Rico, informing about the applicant’s condition and degree of impediment and the amount of time that the specialist physician determines the same shall last in the case of temporary conditions.
(c) A new medical certificate shall not be necessary at the time of renewing the removable placard in the case of the following permanent conditions:
(1) Cerebral palsy
(2) Quadriplegia
(3) Paraplegia
(4) Amputation of lower limbs or their replacement by prosthesis
(5) Lesions of the central or peripheral nervous system
(6) Total blindness
(7) Pigmentose xeroderma
(8) Pervasive developmental disorders such as Autism Disorder, Rett Disorder, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Asperger’s Syndrome, and Pervasive Developmental Disorders Not Otherwise Specified known as PDDNOS.
(9) Poliomyelitis (polio)
(d) A new medical certificate shall be necessary for all other conditions and for temporary conditions for which a provisional placard has been issued.
(e) To comply with any other requirements that the Secretary may establish with previous coordination and consultation with the Advocate for Persons with Disabilities by regulations to such purposes.
The referred parking permit shall be issued free of charge.
History —Jan. 7, 2000, No. 22, § 2.22; Sept. 11, 2002, No. 227, § 3; Jan. 23, 2006, No. 23, § 1; Nov. 10, 2011, No. 220, § 1.