Purpose and scope

Purpose and scope. (1) Statutory authority. As authorized by ss. 85.16 (1) and 343.51 (1) and (2) , Stats., the purpose of this chapter is to establish the department’s administrative interpretation of ss. 340.01 (43g) , 341.14 (1) , (1a) , (1e) , (1m) , or (1q) , 343.51 , 343.52 , 346.50 (1m) , (2a) (h) , (j) , and (k) , and (3) , Stats., relating to the issuance and use of special identification cards and special registration plates for persons with a physical disability and for persons and any organizations that regularly transport persons with a physical disability. (2) Applicability. This chapter applies to any person with a physical disability, any employer who provides a motor vehicle for the use of an employee who is a person with a physical disability, any licensed driver who has another person with a physical disability regularly dependent on the licensed driver for transportation, any lessor of a motor vehicle who leases the vehicle to a person with a physical disability, and to an organization wishing to obtain an identification card or special registration plates for special parking privileges under ss. 346.50 (1m) to (3m) , 346.503 and 346.505 , Stats.