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Temporary disability parking placard

Michigan offers a temporary parking placard when a clinician certifies a qualifying functional limitation.

What it is

Michigan offers a temporary parking placard when a clinician certifies a qualifying functional limitation.

Treatment can make walking from the parking lot difficult. A temporary placard depends on a listed functional limitation. A diagnosis by itself does not establish the parking right.

Eligibility rules
  • A listed functional limitation must be certified. The form includes being unable to walk 200 feet under its criteria.
  • A physician, chiropractor, optometrist, physician assistant or physical therapist can sign the current form.
What you get
  • A free first temporary placard for disability parking spaces.
  • A temporary period of 1–6 months based on the certification.
What the help covers
  • The placard allows use of designated disability spaces during its valid period.
If you decide to apply
  1. Ask the treating clinician about completing part two of form BFS-108.
  2. Bring the child’s details and describe walking or other functional limits before submitting the form to the Secretary of State.

Michigan Secretary of State · Official page ↗

If you decide to apply
  • The Secretary of State handles the application after the clinician completes the certification.
Good to know

Eligibility depends on function, including any limitations after treatment ends. The placard does not make parking free or promise an available space.

Other details
  • A temporary placard lasts 1–6 months; continuing need requires a new medical certification for renewal. Initial issuance and renewals are free, while a lost or stolen placard normally costs $10 to replace. The placard does not waive meter or garage charges: Michigan’s separate yellow free-parking sticker requires a qualifying Michigan-licensed driver and additional functional findings, and private lots need not honor free parking. The child must be traveling in the vehicle when the placard is used. Finishing cancer treatment does not by itself end eligibility when a qualifying functional limitation remains.
Official sources
Ask your social worker

“If walking is difficult for our child, would a temporary placard fit? What limits matter, and could someone help with BFS-108 if the clinician agrees?”

Why I’m asking: I want to make getting to appointments easier when walking is difficult.

More background and detailed requirements
Additional program information and published rules

Who does what

The three parts, side by side. The agency decides; nobody on this page does.

You

Take the form to clinic and hand it in.

Your social worker

A clinician completes part two.

The care team

Any of the five listed professionals can sign it.

Who decides
The Secretary of State.
Ask your social worker
“Can someone sign the BFS-108 parking placard form at our next appointment?”

How to apply

First step: Print form BFS-108 and take it to the next clinic appointment.

  1. Print form BFS-108 and take it to the next clinic appointment.
  2. Sign as the child’s representative if the child is too young.

Official application / program page ↗

Where it starts: Complete form BFS-108 with the clinician’s part signed.

What to gather

  • Form BFS-108
  • The child’s details

How long: Placards run from one to six months.

What a yes looks like

A placard in the post, free for the first one.

What a no looks like, and the next move

Usually the functional limitation was not described. Ask the clinician to complete part two fully.

Watch out

  • It is certified on function, not on the diagnosis.
  • The current form allows more professionals to sign than the web page lists.

The numbers and the rules

The arcane layer, kept on purpose. Checked September 11, 2026.

What it is worth

A free temporary placard lasting one to six months.

  • $6 — Longest temporary placard
  • $1 — Shortest temporary placard
  • $200 — Walking distance named on the form as a functional limitation

Covers: Disabled parking while the placard runs

What it costs the family: Initial issuance and renewals are free; a lost or stolen placard normally costs $10 to replace. Parking fees are separate.

The eligibility facts, as published

Requirement
a listed functional limitation, certified by a physician, chiropractor, optometrist, physician assistant or physical therapist

The trap: It is certified on function, not on the diagnosis. The form asks about things like being unable to walk 200 feet without resting. Leukaemia on its own is not the test.

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