MO HB996

Exempts persons who are permanently disabled from having to provide updated physician's statements for renewal of disabled license plates or windshield placards if they provided one with their original application.

Expands who can issue physician's statements to include advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, chiropractors, podiatrists, and optometrists, in addition to physicians, but only for conditions within their scope of practice.

Requires physicians and other health care practitioners to maintain documentation in patient medical charts confirming disabled status and the specific diagnosis, with records subject to inspection by licensing boards.

Establishes that temporary windshield placards expire after six months and may be renewed once for an additional six months with a new physician's statement; permanent placards must be renewed every four years.

Makes fraudulent application or use of disabled plates or placards a class A misdemeanor, and makes it a class B misdemeanor for health care practitioners to certify disability outside their scope of practice or without valid diagnosis.