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State allows safety
decal on rear windowQuestion: While driving on the H-3 Freeway recently, I saw a car with a safety decal posted on the lower right, rear window. Is this allowed?
Answer: Yes. The state law that once required safety inspection decals to be placed specifically on the rear bumper of vehicles was changed a long time ago to allow placement elsewhere.
However, the decals still have to be "conspicuous when viewed from the rear," said David Mau, assistant administrator for the city's Motor Vehicle and Licensing Division.
That means the decals should be placed on the rear, right side of the vehicle and "permanently affixed to the vehicle," he said.
It cannot be on the license plate.
The law says the only thing that can be affixed to the license plate is the vehicle registration sticker, which is to be placed in the upper right hand corner.
Q: I am a single mother currently unemployed and recently got offered a job by the state for a clerk/typist position. Naturally, I am excited and really want this job. However, as a condition of employment, I must have a medical examination completed at my own personal expense and with my own personal physician. I have no medical plan because I can't afford it and only have medical coverage through welfare. The welfare system will not pay for a physical exam because it is for employment! I would need to pay at least $70 to take an exam. If the state requires me to take this exam, why don't they pay for it? No one I talked to could really give me a definitive answer. That's just the way it is was the answer I keep getting. Are there any other medical facilities that would help me get this required exam at a substantially reduced cost or for free? I really want and need this job to get off welfare!
A: Try talking again to someone connected to your current medical plan.
Since you did not give your name or contact number, state Department of Human Services' Med-QUEST Division officials couldn't give a specific answer.
In general, if you are receiving welfare benefits, you should be covered by QUEST, which provides health coverage for eligible low-income residents.
And, Quest does cover pre-employment examinations for new jobs, said Med-QUEST spokeswoman Elizabeth Ahana. However, QUEST does not cover exams for continued employment.
Without knowing your exact plan, she can't determine why you were told your exam would not be covered. She said to call the number for your health plan or the Med-QUEST customer service number, 524-3370, to double-check.
Mahalo
To the active duty reservists in Construction Battalion, Maintenance Unit 303, who volunteered their day off, Friday, July 26, to help improve Central Union Preschool and Kindergarten. They are men and women from San Jose, San Diego and Hawaii who have been called to support the nation's Noble Eagle Enduring Freedom and Homeland Defense Mission at Pearl Harbor.— Kathy Ingoglia and the Central Union Ohana
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