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A temporary parking permit when walking is difficult

A temporary disability parking permit can help when your child has a qualifying walking limitation.

What it is

A temporary disability parking permit can help when your child has a qualifying walking limitation.

Treatment can make the trip from the car harder. A temporary parking permit depends on a documented walking limitation, rather than the cancer diagnosis alone. Your local issuing municipality handles the permit.

Eligibility rules
  • The temporary form requires inability to walk without an assisting device.
  • The medical certification must describe the qualifying limitation.
  • A doctor, physician assistant or nurse practitioner can sign. Get the form from your town or city's permit office.
What you get
  • A temporary parking permit at no fee, for up to six months.
  • Access to designated accessible parking where the permit is valid.
What the help includes
  • The permit helps with parking access. It does not establish a need for Medicaid transport or guarantee an available space.
If you decide to apply
  1. Ask the clinician whether your child's walking limitation fits the temporary-permit criteria.
  2. If you decide to seek a permit, get the current MV-664.1 form from the local issuing municipality and arrange the medical certification.
  3. Ask that office where the permit is valid for the places you visit.

Your local municipal parking-permit issuing office; New York State DMV form MV-664.1 · Official page ↗

After you ask
  • The municipality reviews the form and issues the permit without a fee.
Good to know

Cancer treatment or a central line alone does not establish the temporary-permit test.

Other details
  • A temporary permit has an end date. A change in walking ability may affect a later request.
Official sources
Ask your social worker

“Does our child's walking difficulty meet the temporary parking-permit test? What would the permit allow, and could you help with the certification if it is appropriate?”

Why I’m asking: We want to make arrival at treatment easier when walking from the car 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

Ask the clinician about MV-664.1, then file it with the state or local issuing office.

Your social worker

The hospital social worker helps locate the right office and gather supporting records.

The care team

Records and letters when the application asks for them.

Who decides
The agency or plan named in the first step
Ask your social worker
“Does my child’s walking limitation meet the temporary-permit criteria, and can you complete the certification?”

How to apply

First step: Ask the clinician about MV-664.1, then file it with the state or local issuing office.

  1. Ask the clinician about MV-664.1, then file it with the state or local issuing office.

Where it starts: Ask the clinician about MV-664.1, then file it with the state or local issuing office.

What to gather

  • The relevant plan or benefit notice
  • Documents showing the need and relevant income

How long: Ask the deciding office for its current processing time.

What a yes looks like

Written confirmation of the benefit, its scope and any cost.

What a no looks like, and the next move

Ask for the reason in writing and the review route.

Watch out

  • Temporary permit: no fee, up to six months. Ask the clinician to document a qualifying walking limitation on MV-664.1; cancer treatment or a central line alone is not a confirmed basis.
  • New York’s temporary form requires inability to walk without an assisting device. The certifier wording differs between retrieved versions; confirm the current form with the issuing office.
  • The local issuing municipality provides the permit without a fee. Check its current certification form before applying.

The numbers and the rules

The arcane layer, kept on purpose. Checked September 10, 2026.

What it is worth

Closer accessible parking when a clinician certifies the required walking limitation.

Covers: Closer accessible parking when a clinician certifies the required walking limitation.

What it costs the family: Ask the agency or plan to confirm any charge before committing.

The eligibility facts, as published

Review
The agency or plan must confirm the conditions described here.

The trap: The agency or plan checks the conditions; this guide does not decide the application.

Where I read this

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