Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 291-51.5

  • 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

Upon application by a person with a disability, the issuing agency shall issue special license plates for the vehicle registered in the applicant’s name if the vehicle is primarily used to transport that person. The fee for the issuance of special license plates shall not exceed the fee charged for similar license plates for the same class vehicle.