---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 39.45"
title: "49"
number: "39.45"
heading: "May PVOs impose other restrictions on passengers with a disability that they do not impose on other passengers?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/39.45"
---

# §39.45. May PVOs impose other restrictions on passengers with a disability that they do not impose on other passengers?

- (a) As a PVO, you must not subject passengers with a disability to restrictions that do not apply to other passengers, except as otherwise explicitly permitted in this part.
- (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 vessel or a terminal;
  - (2) Requiring passengers to remain in a holding area or other location in order to receive transportation or services;
  - (3) [Reserved]
  - (4) Requiring passengers to wear badges or other special identification; or
  - (5) Requiring ambulatory passengers, including but not limited to blind or visually impaired passengers, to use a wheelchair or other mobility device in order to receive assistance required by this Part or otherwise offered to the passenger.
- (c) Special muster stations for disabled individuals are permissible for emergency evacuations in order to centrally locate available resources.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12101 through 12213; 49 U.S.C. 322; 29 U.S.C. 794.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 38893, July 6, 2010, unless otherwise noted.