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A Wyoming disability parking placard can help when treatment makes walking difficult enough to qualify.

What it is

A Wyoming disability parking placard can help when treatment makes walking difficult enough to qualify.

Getting from the car to the clinic can become hard during treatment. A parking placard depends on the child's mobility, rather than the diagnosis alone. The clinic can assess whether the walking limits meet Wyoming's requirements.

Who this can help
  • One qualifying example is being unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest.
  • The eligible person or someone responsible for regularly transporting them can apply.
  • A physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, physical or occupational therapist, podiatrist or optometrist can certify.
What you get
  • Use of designated disability parking spaces when transporting the eligible child.
  • A temporary placard for up to six months.
What the help includes
  • The temporary certification sets an expiry date no more than six months away.
  • The placard belongs to your child and is used only on trips carrying them. When it expires, a new certification is needed; ask WYDOT about any fee.
If you decide to apply
  1. Ask the clinic whether your child's walking limits meet Wyoming's placard requirements.
  2. If a placard would help, the social worker can help you find WYDOT's form and the right clinician to certify the mobility limit.
  3. If you choose to request a placard, the social worker can help with the eligible child’s identifying information, the clinician’s certification and the submission instructions on the current form.

Wyoming Department of Transportation: medical and vision forms · Official page ↗

After you ask
  • The DOT decision depends on the completed application and mobility certification.
  • The currently linked form can be sent to WYDOT Driver Services–Driver Compliance, 5300 Bishop Blvd., Cheyenne, WY 82009-3340; fax 307-777-4922; or email dot-dscomp@wyo.gov. Driver Services at 307-777-4839 can confirm completeness and expected processing time.
Good to know

The certification needs to describe the mobility problem. A cancer diagnosis alone does not establish eligibility.

Other details
  • A nurse practitioner, physician assistant or therapist can sign the form even though it still says "physician"; Driver Services at 307-777-4839 can confirm.
Official sources
Ask your social worker

“Could a temporary parking placard make clinic trips easier, and do our child's walking limits qualify? Could you help us get the right certification if it would help?”

Why I’m asking: I want to make the walk into treatment manageable when our child is tired or weak.

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

Get the form certified and submit it.

Your social worker

The clinic certifies the walking limit.

The care team

Describes the mobility limit in the terms the form asks for.

Who decides
Wyoming Department of Transportation.
Ask the care team
“Can you certify on the Wyoming placard form how far my child can walk without stopping to rest?”

How to apply

First step: Ask the clinic to certify the walking limit on the state placard form.

  1. Ask the clinic to certify the walking limit, not just the diagnosis.
  2. Download the current form from the transport department rather than reusing an old one.
  3. Ask what the fee is, because none was published.

Official application / program page ↗

Where it starts: Get the form from the transport department's medical and vision forms page and have the mobility problem certified.

What to gather

  • The certified form
  • Your child's details
  • Your vehicle details

How long: Not published. Ask at the transport department office.

What a yes looks like

A temporary placard with an expiry date up to six months out.

What a no looks like, and the next move

Usually the certification describes the diagnosis rather than the walking limit. Ask for it to be rewritten.

Watch out

  • It is certified on the walking limit, not the diagnosis.
  • The form the transport department links is dated 2019; check you have the current one.
  • No fee was published, so ask before you go.

The numbers and the rules

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

What it is worth

A temporary parking placard for up to six months, certified on the walking limit rather than the diagnosis.

  • $6 — Maximum length of a temporary certification
  • $200 — Distance in the statute's example of a qualifying walking limit

Covers: A placard allowing parking in disabled bays

What it costs the family: Unknown: no fee was published.

The eligibility facts, as published

Test
a qualifying mobility impairment, for example being unable to walk two hundred feet without stopping to rest
Certifier
a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, podiatrist or optometrist
Applicant
the eligible person, or someone responsible for regularly transporting them
Duration
up to six months for a temporary certification

The trap: It is certified on the mobility problem, not on the diagnosis. A letter saying 'this child has leukemia' is not what the form asks for; it needs the walking limit described.

Where I read this

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