---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 125.204"
title: "14"
number: "125.204"
heading: "Portable electronic devices."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/125.204"
---

# §125.204. Portable electronic devices.

- (a) Except as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, no person may operate, nor may any operator or pilot in command of an aircraft allow the operation of, any portable electronic device on any U.S.-registered civil aircraft operating under this part.
- (b) **Paragraph (a) of this section does not apply to—**
  - (1) Portable voice recorders;
  - (2) Hearing aids;
  - (3) Heart pacemakers;
  - (4) Electric shavers;
  - (5) Portable oxygen concentrators that comply with the requirements in [§ 125.219](/cfr/14/125.219.md); or
  - (6) Any other portable electronic device that the [Part 125](/cfr/14/part125.md) certificate holder has determined will not cause interference with the navigation or communication system of the aircraft on which it is to be used.
- (c) The determination required by [paragraph (b)(6)](#b-6) of this section shall be made by that Part 125 certificate holder operating the particular device to be used.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-1998-4954, 64 FR 1080, Jan. 7, 1999, as amended by Docket FAA-2014-0554, Amdt. 125-65, 81 FR 33118, May 24, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44705, 44710-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722.

### Source

Source: Docket 19779, 45 FR 67235, Oct. 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-1998-4954, 64 FR 1080, Jan. 7, 1999, as amended by Docket FAA-2014-0554, Amdt. 125-65, 81 FR 33118, May 24, 2016]