New Hampshire program
A temporary disabled parking placard
A temporary New Hampshire parking placard can help when your child has a temporary walking disability.
What it is
A temporary New Hampshire parking placard can help when your child has a temporary walking disability.
If walking is difficult, your clinic can assess whether a temporary placard could help. Treatment alone does not establish a walking disability, and difficulties can continue after treatment ends. Your clinician and DMV check the requirements.
Eligibility rules
- A licensed physician, physician associate, podiatrist or advanced practice registered nurse can certify the temporary walking disability.
What you get
- Use of disabled parking with a temporary placard for up to six months.
What the protection includes
- The temporary placard’s validity ends on its stated expiration date.
If you decide to apply
- Ask your child’s clinic whether a clinician can certify the temporary walking disability.
- If you decide to request it, send the signed application to the New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles.
NH Division of Motor Vehicles · Walking Disability service. The clinic or social worker can help obtain the current temporary-placard application and confirm the instructions for a child. · Official page ↗
After you ask
- DMV decides the request using the application and clinician’s certification.
Good to know
The clinician needs to assess the walking difficulty. Treatment alone does not guarantee a placard.
Other details
- The application needs the clinician’s certification of a qualifying walking disability and the period it is expected to last. For a child, DMV can confirm who signs, what identification or other documents are needed, the current form and any fee. The temporary placard cannot last more than six months; treatment or an infusion alone is not the qualifying test.
Official sources
“Would our child’s walking difficulties qualify for a temporary placard? Could you help us check with the clinician and understand the paperwork?”
Why I’m asking: I want to understand whether walking difficulties during treatment could qualify for easier parking.
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
Ask for the signature at an appointment and send the form in.
Your social worker
The clinic signs and describes the walking difficulty.
The care team
A doctor or nurse practitioner certifies the temporary walking disability.
- Who decides
- The New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles, on the certifier's signature.
- Ask your social worker
- “Walking from the car park is hard for my child right now. Can someone sign the temporary parking placard form today?”
How to apply
First step: Ask the clinic to sign the temporary placard application at the next appointment.
- Ask the clinic to sign the placard application at the next appointment.
Official application / program page ↗
Where it starts: Ask the clinic to sign the application and send it to the motor vehicle division.
What to gather
- The certifier's signature
- Identification and supporting documents specified by DMV for the child’s current application
How long: Up to six months per placard.
What a yes looks like
A placard in the post, valid for up to six months.
What a no looks like, and the next move
The clinician or DMV explains which qualifying requirement is not met. A change in the actual walking limitation can be assessed again.
Watch out
- The test is how far the child can walk, not the diagnosis.
- DMV confirms the current form, fee, signatures, identification and supporting documents for a child’s application.
The numbers and the rules
The arcane layer, kept on purpose. Checked September 11, 2026.
What it is worth
A temporary windshield placard for up to six months, signed by a doctor, physician associate, podiatrist or nurse practitioner.
- $6 — Longest a temporary placard runs
Covers: Disabled parking while the placard is in force
What it costs the family: DMV confirms any current application fee.
The eligibility facts, as published
- Test
- a temporary walking disability
- Duration
- up to six months
- Certifiers
- a licensed physician, physician associate, podiatrist or advanced practice registered nurse
The trap: The clinician assesses the actual walking limitation, its duration and variation. Treatment or a single worst day alone does not establish a qualifying walking disability.
Where I read this
- RSA 261:88, Walking Disability Plates and Placards — NH General Court, read September 10, 2026