{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-39.87","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 39.87","heading":"What services are PVOs not required to provide to passengers with a disability on board a passenger vessel?","body":"As a PVO, you are not required to provide extensive special assistance to passengers with a disability. For purposes of this section, extensive special assistance includes the following activities:\n(a) Assistance in actual eating;\n(b) Assistance within a toilet room or assistance elsewhere on the vessel with elimination functions; and\n(c) Provision of medical equipment or services, or personal devices, except to the extent provided to all passengers.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Transportation","PART 39—TRANSPORTATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES: PASSENGER VESSELS","Subpart F—Assistance and Services to Passengers With Disabilities"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"4561322dce2b0374cc627fce35a077729a7e16763a1733c2f3d5f1fed4d700c5","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-39.85","next":"us/49-cfr-39.89"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}