Attorney's Note

Under the Hawaii Revised Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
misdemeanorup to 1 year$2,000
petty misdemeanorup to 30 daysup to $1,000
For details, see Haw. Rev. Stat. § 706-663

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 291-51.4

  • Disability parking permit: means a removable windshield placard, special license plate, temporary removable windshield placard, or disabled paid parking exemption permit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291-51
  • Issuing agency: means the disability and communication access board. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291-51
  • Person with a disability: means a person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk, and who, as determined by a licensed practicing physician, physician assistant, or an advanced practice registered nurse:

    (1) Cannot walk two hundred feet without stopping to rest, and who has been diagnosed with:
    (A) An arthritic, neurological, orthopedic, renal, vascular, or oncological condition;
    (B) Lung disease to such an extent that the person's forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for one second, when measured by spirometry, is less than one liter, or the arterial oxygen tension is less than sixty mm/hg on room air at rest; or
    (C) A cardiac condition to the extent that the person's functional limitations are classified in severity as Class III or Class IV according to the standards set by the American Heart Association; and
    (2) Because of a condition identified in paragraph (1):
    (A) Cannot walk two hundred feet under the person's own power 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 assistive device; or
    (C) Uses portable oxygen. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291-51

A physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse who fraudulently verifies that an applicant is a person with a disability to enable the person to represent to the issuing agency that the person is qualified to obtain a disability parking permit shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor. Each fraudulent verification shall constitute a separate offense.