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27-16-813. Medical exemption designation for seat belt use.
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27-16-813. Medical exemption designation for seat belt use.
(a)(1) A person may apply to the Office of Driver Services to obtain a medical exemption designation for seat belt use on a driver's license or identification card issued under this subchapter by providing:
(A) Documentation from a physician as provided under § 27-37-702(b)(2); and
(B) Payment of the fee for the driver's license or identification card authorized under this chapter.
(2) If the person seeks a duplicate or substitute driver's license with the medical exemption designation and his or her driver's license has not expired, the fee shall be as provided under § 27-16-806.
(b) The office may:
(1) Determine the appropriate placement of the medical exemption designation on a driver's license or identification card authorized under this section; and
(2) Promulgate the necessary rules for the administration of this section.
(c) This section does not require a person who has a medical condition that contraindicates the use of a seat belt under § 27-37-702(b)(2) to obtain a driver's license or identification card under this section with a medical exemption designation.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-16-813
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27-16-813. Medical exemption designation for seat belt use.
(a)(1) A person may apply to the Office of Driver Services to obtain a medical exemption designation for seat belt use on a driver's license or identification card issued under this subchapter by providing:
(A) Documentation from a physician as provided under § 27-37-702(b)(2); and
(B) Payment of the fee for the driver's license or identification card authorized under this chapter.
(2) If the person seeks a duplicate or substitute driver's license with the medical exemption designation and his or her driver's license has not expired, the fee shall be as provided under § 27-16-806.
(b) The office may:
(1) Determine the appropriate placement of the medical exemption designation on a driver's license or identification card authorized under this section; and
(2) Promulgate the necessary rules for the administration of this section.
(c) This section does not require a person who has a medical condition that contraindicates the use of a seat belt under § 27-37-702(b)(2) to obtain a driver's license or identification card under this section with a medical exemption designation.
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27-16-806. Duplicates or substitutes.
(a) In the event that an instruction permit or driver's license issued under the provisions of this chapter is lost or destroyed, the person to whom it was issued may obtain a duplicate or substitute upon payment of five dollars ($5.00) and upon furnishing proof satisfactory to the Office of Driver Services that the permit or license has been lost or destroyed.
(b) Moneys collected under the provisions of this section shall be deposited into the State Treasury into the Constitutional Officers Fund and the State Central Services Fund, and the net amount shall be credited to the Department of Finance and Administration to be used to help defray the cost of the color photograph driver license program, which shall be payable therefrom.
(c) In addition to the fee imposed in subsection (a) of this section, an additional fee of five dollars ($5.00) shall be collected and deposited into the State Treasury as special revenues to the credit of the Division of Arkansas State Police Fund.
(d) When a duplicate driver's license is issued at the end of a period of license suspension pursuant to § 27-16-911, the fees imposed in subsections (a) and (c) of this section shall be collected and deposited in accordance with this section.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-16-806
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 27-16-806. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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27-37-702. Seat belt use required — Applicability of subchapter.
(a) Each driver and front seat passenger in any motor vehicle operated on a street or highway in this state shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt properly secured to the vehicle.
(b) This subchapter shall not apply to the following:
(1) Passenger automobiles manufactured before July 1, 1968, and all other motor vehicles manufactured before January 1, 1972;
(2) Passengers and drivers with a physical disability that contraindicates the use of a seat belt, and which condition is certified by a physician who states the nature of the disability as well as the reason the use of a seat belt is inappropriate;
(3) Children who require protection and are properly restrained under the Child Passenger Protection Act, § 27-34-101 et seq.; and
(4) Drivers who are rural letter carriers of the United States Postal Service while performing their duties as rural letter carriers.
(c) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(4) of this section, each driver or passenger who is seated in a wheelchair in a motor vehicle shall:
(1) Wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt properly secured to the wheelchair; and
(2) Have the wheelchair properly secured in the motor vehicle.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-37-702
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 27-37-702. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.