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Physician Certification Instructions
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v. Podiatrist licensed under article 32 of
title 12, C.R.S.
b. Additional professionals for the Short
Term Placard only:
i. Chiropractor licensed under article
32 of title 12, C.R.S.
ii. Physical Therapist licensed under article
32 of title 12, C.R.S.
4. Patients must have a new Professional
verification done as part of their renewal
process depending on the designated
disability (see #5 below). Ensure the Persons
With Disabilities applicant meets one of the
criteria below before you verify in writing:
a. Mobility: Persons who cannot walk two-
hundred feet without stopping to rest.
b. Assisted Mobility: Persons who cannot
walk without the use of, or assistance
from, a brace, cane crutch, another
person, prosthetic device, wheelchair, or
other assistive device.
c. Respiratory: Persons who are restricted
by 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 or at rest.
d. Oxygen: Persons who use portable oxygen.
e. Cardiac: Persons who have a cardiac
condition to the extent that the person’s
functional limitations are classified in severity
as class III or IV according to the standards
of the American Heart Association.
f. Other: Persons who are severely limited
in their ability to walk due to an arthritic,
neurological, or orthopedic condition.
g. Remuneration-exempt qualifying
disability: See 5e for definition.
5. Applicant must meet one of the impairments
which are defined as follows:
a. Permanent: A condition that is not expected
to change within a person’s lifetime, given
the current state of medical or adaptive
technology.
b. Extended: A condition that is not expected to
change within thirty months after the issuance
of an identifying figure, given the current state
of medical or adaptive technology.
c. Temporary: A condition that is expected
to last less than thirty months after the
issuance of an identifying plate or placard,
given the current state of medical or
adaptive technology.
d. Short Term: A condition that is not expected
to last more than 90 days after the issuance
of a placard.
e. Remuneration-exempt qualifying
disability: A disability that limits an
individual’s:
i. fine motor control in both hands;
ii. ability to reach a height of forty-eight
inches from the ground due to lack of
strength or mobility in the individual’s
finger, hand, or upper extremity;
iii. ability to reach or access a parking meter
due to the use of a wheelchair or other
ambulatory device.
6. Ensure the date reflects the most current
patient information. The condition time is
based on the date you enter (i.e., extended
thirty-months is from the date entered, not the
transaction date).
7. Please do not fax or e-mail the form to the
Division of Motor Vehicles. The applicant must
submit the completed DR 2219 at the time of
registration.
8. You may contact the Title and Registration
Sections at 303-205-5608 with any questions.
DR 2219 (06/15/23)