Oregon program
Temporary disability parking placard
A temporary disability parking permit can help when a child's condition meets Oregon's parking eligibility rules.
What it is
A temporary disability parking permit can help when a child's condition meets Oregon's parking eligibility rules.
Long walks from parking can become difficult during treatment. A temporary permit may help if your child's limitations meet DMV rules. The clinician assesses the qualifying need, so a cancer diagnosis by itself is not the decision.
Eligibility rules
- The person with the qualifying disability can be a minor.
- A clinician must certify a qualifying disability—not just a cancer diagnosis: severely limited mobility from paralysis or loss of use of limbs; qualifying loss of vision; or a disability that prevents walking without an assistive device or more than 200 feet. An authorized physician or other listed clinician, including a nurse practitioner, physician associate or optometrist, may certify within their authority. The placard belongs to your child and may be used only when transporting the child or for the child’s immediate pickup or drop-off, not for the parent’s unrelated errands. It does not remove every parking restriction or automatically make every parking space free.
What you get
- A temporary parking placard for up to 6 months.
What the help includes
- Eligible signers include physicians, osteopaths, podiatrists, chiropractors, naturopaths, nurse practitioners, physician associates and licensed optometrists.
If you decide to apply
- Ask the clinic whether your child's limitations meet Oregon's parking-permit test.
- If a permit fits, bring the DMV application and your child's details for the clinician's certification.
Oregon DMV disabled parking information. · Official page ↗
After you ask
- DMV’s current website says to allow up to three weeks for a mailed placard after a complete application; an office may issue it at the visit. The form also mentions 10–14-day processing, so these are estimates rather than a guaranteed arrival date.
- The approved placard arrives with its expiration date.
Good to know
The permit is issued for your child rather than your car. A first application for a child uses the combined Parking ID form.
Other details
- The combined Parking Identification Card and Disabled Person Parking Permit application is form 735-265PIP. Form 735-265 directs first-time child applicants to that combined route; DMV should confirm what is needed if your child already has Oregon identification or needs the medical-safety parking-ID alternative.
- There is no fee for the placard. A renewal normally needs a new clinician certification, but replacing a still-valid lost or damaged placard does not. A parent or other helper may sign as DMV directs when the child cannot sign. Ask the social worker to check the child’s identification and the correct form before submission.
Official sources
“Would our child's walking or other limitations qualify for a temporary parking permit? What restrictions come with it, and could you help with the form if it would help?”
Why I’m asking: I want to understand whether parking closer could make clinic visits easier.
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 a clinic visit and send it in.
Your social worker
A clinician signs it.
The care team
A doctor, nurse practitioner or physician associate certifies the form.
- Who decides
- The Oregon DMV.
- Ask the care team
- “Can you sign the DMV disabled parking permit form for my child? Walking from the car is hard on clinic days.”
How to apply
First step: Take DMV form 735-265 to the next clinic visit and ask a clinician to sign it.
- Ask a clinician at the next clinic visit to sign the DMV form.
- Use the combined Parking ID form if this is a first application for a child.
Official application / program page ↗
Where it starts: Use DMV form 735-265, or for a first-time child application the combined Parking ID Card and Disabled Person Parking Permit Application named on it.
What to gather
- The DMV form
- Your child's details
How long: The DMV asks you to allow 10 to 14 days.
What a yes looks like
A placard in the post with an expiry date.
What a no looks like, and the next move
Usually a form problem. Ask the DMV which part was incomplete.
Watch out
- The permit belongs to your child, not to the car.
- A first-time child application uses the combined Parking ID form.
- No fee or no-fee clause was published; ask the DMV.
The numbers and the rules
The arcane layer, kept on purpose. Checked September 11, 2026.
What it is worth
Qualifying parking placards have no DMV fee. Temporary permits can last up to six months; DMV’s website allows up to three weeks for mail delivery, which is not a guarantee.
- $6 — Longest temporary permit
- $10 — Days the DMV asks you to allow for processing, lower end
- $14 — Days the DMV asks you to allow for processing, upper end
Covers: A parking placard in the child's name
What it costs the family: No fee was published either way, so ask the DMV.
The eligibility facts, as published
- Who
- the person with the disability, including a minor
- Certifier
- one of the listed clinicians
The trap: The permit belongs to your child, not to the car or to you as the driver. A first-time child application needs the combined Parking ID form named on the DMV form.
Where I read this
- Oregon DMV — Disabled Person Parking Permits — Oregon Department of Transportation, read September 10, 2026
- Oregon DMV — Disabled Person Parking Permit Application, form 735-265 — Oregon Department of Transportation, read September 10, 2026