Subpart 1.
Application process.
To apply for a state identification card at a reduced fee, a
person with a condition of developmental disability, mental illness, or a
physical disability, as these conditions are defined in Minnesota Statutes,
section
171.07,
subdivision 3, paragraph (c), shall comply with this part.
A. The applicant shall comply with the
identity provisions in part
7410.0400.
B. Verification of the condition must be made
on a certificate provided and made available by the department at all state
application and driver's license agent application sites and from the
department's Internet site.
C. If
an applicant cannot present the certificate verifying the condition required in
this part at the time of application, the department shall accept the
application and hold it in suspense for 30 days pending receipt of the
certificate verifying the condition. If verification of the condition is not
received within 30 days of the date of application, the department shall deny
the application for a reduced fee identification card.
D. Verification is not needed during the
period the identification card is valid if the cardholder applies for a
duplicate and the verification information is on file with the
department.
Subp. 2.
Person with developmental disabilities.
If verification of an applicant's condition of
developmentally disabled, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section
252A.02, subdivision
2, is not on file with the department:
A. the applicant must present verification of
the condition when applying for an initial card and when applying for a renewal
of a card; and
B. verification of
the condition must be made by a medical doctor or county-authorized case
manager.
For this condition, a verification form from a previous
application may be presented.
Subp. 3.
Person with mental
illness.
At the time of the initial application for a reduced-fee
identification card and for all subsequent renewals, a person with mental
illness must present verification of the condition of serious and persistent
mental illness as described in Minnesota Statutes, section
245.462, subdivision
20, paragraph (c). Verification of the condition of serious and persistent
mental illness must be made by a county case manager or a mental health
professional, as defined under Minnesota Statutes, section
245.462.
Subp. 4.
Person with
physical disability.
A person with a physical disability shall present
verification of being a physically disabled person as defined in Minnesota
Statutes, section
169.345,
subdivision 2.
A. If the physical
disability is permanent, verification is required only at the time of initial
application and is valid for the life of the applicant.
B. If the physical disability is temporary,
the verification is valid for four years from the date of initial application
for a reduced-fee identification card.
C. Verification of the physical disability
must be made by a medical doctor or chiropractor as authorized in Minnesota
Statutes, section
169.345,
subdivisions 2 and 3.
D.
Verification of the physical disability may also be made through presentation
of a valid, permanent, physical disability parking certificate issued to the
applicant under Minnesota Statutes, section
169.345,
or upon presentation of a motor vehicle registration with physically disabled
plates registered in the applicant's name.
Subp. 5.
Information on file; public
access.
Information on a condition listed in subpart
1 must be maintained as
private data on the applicant in the record maintained by the
department.
A. Verification
information may be viewed by a driver's license agent at the time of
application if the information can be retrieved at the application
site.
B. A designation of the
applicant's condition must not be indicated on the identification card
issued.
