CHAPTER 78
SB 114-FN - FINAL VERSION
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2015 SESSION
15-0633
08/09
SENATE BILL 114-FN
AN ACT enabling a driver’s license applicant to request that his or her license indicate that he or she has a medically recognized disorder.
SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Rep. Packard, Rock?5; Rep. McKinney, Rock 5; Rep. D. Thomas, Rock 5
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill enables a driver’s license applicant to request that his or her license indicate that he or she has a medically recognized disorder.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/05/2015 0533s
03/05/2015 0462s
15-0633
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT enabling a driver’s license applicant to request that his or her license indicate that he or she has a medically recognized disorder.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
78:1 New Section; Medically Recognized Disorder Indication. Amend RSA 263 by inserting after section 41-a the following new section:
263:41-b Medically Recognized Disorder Indication.
I. At the request of the holder of a driver’s license or nondriver’s picture identification card, and presentation of signed statement by a licensed physician confirming the applicant’s condition, the department shall print a standard representation of the medically recognized disorder on the driver’s license or nondriver’s picture identification card of the person making the request, in a form and location determined by the director.
II. It shall be the sole responsibility of the holder of the driver’s license or nondriver’s picture identification card to notify the department of any change in medically recognized disorder that requires an update of the driver’s license or nondriver’s picture identification. The holder of a driver’s license or nondriver’s picture identification card shall pay the applicable replacement fee if a change in information necessitates the issuance of a new driver’s license or nondriver’s picture identification card.
III. For the purpose of this section, the director shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A defining medically recognized disorder and listing the disorders and their representations that may be shown on driver’s licenses or nondriver’s picture identification cards.
78:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.
Approved: June 2, 2015
Effective Date: July 1, 2016