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14 CFR 382.33: May carriers impose other restrictions on passengers with a disability that they do not impose on other passengers?

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 14—Aeronautics and Space
  2. CHAPTER II—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)
  3. SUBCHAPTER D—SPECIAL REGULATIONS
  4. PART 382—NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY IN AIR TRAVEL
  5. Subpart B—Nondiscrimination and Access to Services and Information

(a) As a carrier, you must not subject passengers with a disability to restrictions that do not apply to other passengers, except as otherwise permitted in this part (e.g., advance notice requirements for certain services permitted by § 382.27).

(b) Restrictions you must not impose on passengers with a disability include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Restricting passengers” movement within the terminal;

(2) Requiring passengers to remain in a holding area or other location in order to receive transportation, services, or accommodations;

(3) Making passengers sit on blankets on the aircraft;

(4) Making passengers wear badges or other special identification (e.g., similar to badges worn by unaccompanied minors); or

(5) Otherwise mandating separate treatment for passengers with a disability, unless permitted or required by this part or other applicable Federal requirements.

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