Or. Admin. Code § 635-010-0158

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 11, November 1, 2024

Section 635-010-0158 - Persons with Permanent Disabilities Permit

A person who meets the requirements contained in ORS 496.018 is entitled to a Permanent Disabilities Permit. In order to receive such a permit, a person must provide either

(1) Written certification from a licensed physician certified nurse practitioner or licensed physician assistant stating that the person:

(a) Is permanently unable to walk without the use of, or assistance from, a brace, cane, crutch, prosthetic device, wheelchair, scooter or walker;

(b) Is restricted by lung disease to the extent that the person's forced expiratory volume for one second, when measured by a spirometer, is less than 35 percent predicted, or arterial oxygen tension is less than 55 mm/Hg on room air at rest;

(c) Has a cardiac condition to the extent that the person's functional limitations are classified in severity as Class III or Class IV, according to standards established by the American Heart Association;

(d) Has a permanent, physical impairment that prevents the person from holding or shooting a firearm or bow or from holding a fish rod in hand;

(e) Has central visual acuity that permanently does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with corrective lenses, or the widest diameter of the visual field is no greater than 20 degrees; or

(2) Official written certification from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States that the veteran is at least 65 percent disabled.

Or. Admin. Code § 635-010-0158

DFW 99-1999(Temp), f.12-22-99, cert. ef. 1-1-00 thru 6-27-00; DFW 33-2000, f. & cert. ef. 6-19-00; DFW 30-2002, f. & cert. ef. 4-11-02; DFW 118-2007, f. 10-31-07, c ert. ef. 1-1-08; DFW 160-2018, amend filed 10/18/2018, effective 1/1/2019

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496 & 497

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496 & 497