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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
21101543DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-600.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-600.1. Indication of special communication needs.
A. As used in this section, "disability that can impair communication" means a condition with symptoms that can impair the ability of a person with such condition to receive, send, process, or comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal, or graphic symbol systems, including autism spectrum disorders as defined in § 38.2-3418.17 and hearing loss.
B. The Department shall include on the application for registration
of a motor vehicle an option for the vehicle owner to, if applicable,
voluntarily indicate that he or a person who will regularly occupy his
vehicle has a disability that can impair communication. [ Any
application on which the applicant indicates that he or a person who will
regularly occupy his vehicle has such a disability shall be accompanied by
a certification signed by a licensed physician that such individual has a
disability that can impair communication On any application on which the
applicant indicates that a person who will regularly occupy his vehicle has
such a disability, the Department may require the applicant to certify that he
has the consent of the regular occupant of the vehicle to release information
pursuant to subsection D ] .
C. Any vehicle owner with a driver's license indicator authorized pursuant to subsection K of § 46.2-342 or special identification card indicator authorized pursuant to subsection L of § 46.2-345 or whose vehicle is regularly occupied by an individual with such an indicator shall be eligible for the registration indicator. Vehicle owners with a driver's license indicator or special identification card indicator and vehicle owners whose vehicle is regularly occupied by an individual with a driver's license indicator or special identification card indicator may apply to the Department for a registration indicator in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner.
D. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 46.2-208, the Department shall provide information regarding vehicle registrants who have indicated, pursuant to subsection B or C, that they or individuals who will regularly occupy their vehicles have a disability that can impair communication with employees and agents of criminal justice agencies as defined in § 9.1-101. The Department shall confirm the presence or absence of a registration indicator indicating that the registrant or a person regularly occupying the vehicle of a registrant has a disability that can impair communication, but it shall not provide information about the type of health condition or disability that the registrant or a person regularly occupying the vehicle of a registrant has.
E. Any vehicle owner who has a registration indicator indicating that the registrant or a person regularly occupying the vehicle of a registrant has a disability that can impair communication may have such indicator removed by requesting such removal, in writing, to the Department.