University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Eligibility for designated disability parking spaces

1. Individuals who have valid Arkansas disability placards or license plates for their use are eligible for disability parking at UALR. The state issued paperwork must be in the student or employee’s name, and not that of a family member. Disabled veteran’s plates beginning with DV are recognized by the state of Arkansas, however DAV plates are not. Please contact Roger Duren in the state of Arkansas Motor Vehicles department at 682-4661 if you have questions concerning this information.
2. Individuals who have obtained “Temporary Handicapped Parking” hangtags from UALR Health Services are eligible. Health Services uses the same criteria as the State of Arkansas, but issues the temporary hang tags when the disability is expected to last less than three months.
3. Individuals meet the state requirements when their physician has certified they meet one or more of the following criteria:
   1. Cannot walk one hundred (100) feet without stopping to rest;
   2. Cannot walk without the use of or assistance from a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair, or other assistive device;
   3. Is 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 (1) liter, or the arterial oxygen tension is less than (60) mm/hg on room air at rest;
   4. Uses portable oxygen;
   5. Has a cardiac condition to the extent that the person’s functional limitations are classified in severity as Class III or Class IV according to standards set by the American Heart Association; or
   6. Is severely limited in his/her ability to walk due to an arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition.
4. Students and employees who have disability parking certification are asked not to park in the visitors’ lots or the circular drive next to Administration South. Spaces there are for visitors with disabilities.

Process for students, staff and faculty to obtain disability parking at UALR

A. People who have temporary or permanent state disability parking do the following:

1. Bring your placard and the form you received at the Revenue Office, (Disabled Person’s Access to Parking Application), to Health Services, DSC 102. A copy of these items will be placed in your medical file.
2. At Health Services, you will be asked to complete some paperwork (confidential client data forms and a UALR application for reserved parking). Health Services staff will assist you with completing the the reserved parking application and with choosing a parking lot that is closest to your classes or office.
3. The parking application will be faxed to the Department of Public Safety. Your T-number will be entered into a computerized system and your UALR ID card will be activated to open the gate to the parking lot listed on your application.

There is no fee for state disability parking.

B. People who do not have the state disability placard or license plate may do the following:

If you anticipate your disability will last longer than three (3) months, get the “Doctor’s Certification Form” from a Revenue Office and take it to your physician to see if you qualify for state disability parking. If so, proceed with completion of the application and follow steps 1-3 shown above in section “A”.

Individuals with a very temporary disability (less than 3 months), such as recovery from an injury, illness or surgery, should have his/her physician write a letter to Health Services indicating the diagnosis, limitations, ability to walk one (1) block without difficulty and how long the parking will be needed.

Bring the letter to Health Services, DSC 102, and Health Services staff will assist you with completing a UALR reserved parking application and with choosing a parking lot that is closest to your classes or office.

You will be issued a temporary handicapped hang tag in Health Services which you must place on your rear view mirror.

Medical Reserved Parking
• Students and employees may have medical conditions that are not severe enough to meet Arkansas requirements for disability parking, but are disabling enough to make walking two blocks from distant open lots difficult or impossible. “Medical Reserved Parking” is an option. Consult with Health Services to see what is needed. Usually, the minimum requirement is a letter from your physician stating the diagnosis and that as a result, you cannot walk two (2) blocks. If you are eligible, you will receive authorization from Health Services to take to the Department of Public Safety for parking in a reserved lot. There is a fee for reserved parking. Contact Public Safefy at 569-3400 for current costs.