---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 39.47"
title: "49"
number: "39.47"
heading: "May PVOs require passengers with a disability to sign waivers or releases?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/39.47"
---

# §39.47. May PVOs require passengers with a disability to sign waivers or releases?

- (a) As a PVO, you must not require passengers with a disability to sign any release or waiver of liability not required of all passengers in order to receive transportation or use of a vessel or to receive services relating to a disability.
- (b) You must not require passengers with a disability to sign waivers of liability for damage to or loss of wheelchairs or other mobility or assistive devices.

## 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.