South Dakota program
Closer parking during treatment (disabled parking permit)
A free parking permit can help when treatment makes walking difficult and a doctor confirms a qualifying limitation.
What it is
A free parking permit can help when treatment makes walking difficult and a doctor confirms a qualifying limitation.
Walking from a distant parking space can be hard during treatment. One qualifying test is being unable to walk 200 feet without resting. The doctor certifies the limitation rather than the diagnosis alone.
Eligibility rules
- A licensed physician must certify a listed disability criterion. Inability to walk 200 feet without resting is one criterion.
What you get
- A disabled parking permit with no permit fee.
What the help includes
- The permit allows use of designated accessible parking spaces under the permit’s rules.
If you decide to apply
- If walking is difficult, ask your child’s doctor whether Form 1305 fits the limitation.
- Take the completed form and physician’s certification to your county treasurer’s office if you decide to request the permit.
South Dakota Department of Revenue, through the county treasurer · Official page ↗
After you ask
- A temporary permit lasts for the period the doctor certifies, up to a year, and renewing it needs a new certification. The county treasurer takes the form; ask what identification it wants for a child's application.
Good to know
The test is how your child walks, not the cancer diagnosis. A free permit does not promise free parking everywhere.
Other details
- The county treasurer handles the application for the Department of Revenue.
Official sources
“Would a parking permit fit our child’s walking limits during treatment? What are its benefits and limits, and could you help us ask the doctor about the form?”
Why I’m asking: I want to make getting from the car to treatment easier when walking is hard.
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 at the treasurer's office.
Your social worker
The clinic can usually sign it the same day.
The care team
The doctor certifies what the child can do on a bad day.
- Who decides
- South Dakota Department of Revenue, through the county treasurer
- Ask the care team
- “On a bad week my child cannot walk two hundred feet without resting. Can you certify Form 1305 for a parking permit?”
How to apply
First step: Take Form 1305 to the next clinic appointment.
- Take Form 1305 to the next clinic visit and ask the oncologist to certify it.
- Ask the county treasurer how long a temporary permit lasts.
Official application / program page ↗
Where it starts: Form 1305 with a physician's certification.
What to gather
- Form 1305
- Your child's identification
How long: No published processing time; it is usually done at the treasurer's office.
What a yes looks like
A permit, at no cost.
What a no looks like, and the next move
Ask the doctor to describe a bad day rather than an average one and reapply.
Watch out
- The test is the walking, not the diagnosis.
- How long a temporary permit lasts was not published.
Dates that change this
2026-09-11: How long a temporary permit lasts in South Dakota was not published. Ask the treasurer's office when you apply. (not yet confirmed against the final rule)
The numbers and the rules
The arcane layer, kept on purpose. Checked September 11, 2026.
What it is worth
A free parking permit, certified by a doctor, with no fee.
- $0 — Fee for a disabled parking permit
Covers: A parking permit
What it costs the family: No cost.
The eligibility facts, as published
- Medical
- one listed criterion is that the person cannot walk two hundred feet without stopping to rest, certified by a licensed physician
Decisions this site cannot make: A licensed physician's certification on Form 1305
The trap: The test is the walking, not the diagnosis. A leukaemia diagnosis on its own is not the criterion, so ask the doctor to certify what your child can actually do on a bad day.
Where I read this
- Disabled Parking Permits and Plates — South Dakota Department of Revenue, read September 10, 2026