Section 310.05. Exemptions.

 

(1)  A child who, because of a medical condition, body size or a physical disability, is incapable of being transported in a child safety restraint system, may be transported without a safety restraint system or safety belt providing:

(a) A typewritten statement by a licensed physician attests to the fact that the child may not, in the opinion of the physician, be safely transported in a child safety restraint system or safety belt.

(b) The statement in par. (a) is dated not more than one year previously.

(c) The statement in par. (a) is on the physician's letterhead or contains a typewritten name, address and telephone number of the physician.

(d) The physician's statement shall be carried in the vehicle transporting the child.

(2)  A child being transported in an emergency vehicle, when the vehicle is being operated in the performance of official duties, may be transported without a child safety restraint system or safety belt when the physical or medical needs of the child make safety restraint unreasonable. 

History: Cr. Register, February, 1983, No. 326 , eff. 3-1-83; am. (1) (intro.) and (a) and cr. (2), Register, February, 1985, No. 350 , eff. 3-1-85; am. (1) (intro.), Register, April, 1996, No. 484 , eff. 5-1-96.