You remembered right about the places only renting power wheelchairs to people who already use them. Although you don't need a doctor's order for those either, they are harder to operate and need some individual set up. The least expensive ones cost about twice as much as an ECV costs, so the places don't want to rent them casually.JoannaOhio said:Perhaps the person offering information was confusing it with renting an electric wheelchair (not a scooter). It is my understanding that they will only rent those to people who are already using them at home, because they're a bit more complicated to operate than the scooters. Forgive me if this is misinformation, but this is what I remember reading somewhere.