---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 39.83"
title: "49"
number: "39.83"
heading: "What are PVOs' obligations for assisting passengers with a disability in getting on and off a passenger vessel?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/39.83"
---

# §39.83. What are PVOs' obligations for assisting passengers with a disability in getting on and off a passenger vessel?

- (a) If a passenger with a disability can readily get on or off a passenger vessel without assistance, you are not required to provide such assistance to the passenger. You must not require such a passenger with a disability to accept assistance from you in getting on or off the vessel unless it is provided to all passengers as a matter of course.
- (b) With respect to a passenger with a disability who is not able to get on or off a passenger vessel without assistance, you must promptly provide assistance that ensures that the passenger can get on or off the vessel.
- (c) When you have to provide assistance to a passenger with a disability in getting on or off a passenger vessel, you may use any available means to which the passenger consents (e.g., lifts, ramps, boarding chairs, assistance by vessel personnel).

## 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.