---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 609.3"
title: "49"
number: "609.3"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/609.3"
---

# §609.3. Definitions.


As used herein:

Elderly and handicapped persons means those individuals who, by reason of illness, injury, age, congenital malfunction, or other permanent or temporary incapacity or disability, including those who are nonambulatory wheelchair-bound and those with semi-ambulatory capabilities, are unable without special facilities or special planning or design to utilize mass transportation facilities and services as effectively as persons who are not so affected.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5307(d) and 5308(b); 23 U.S.C. 134, 135 and 142; 29 U.S.C. 794; 49 CFR 1.51.

### Source

Source: 41 FR 18239, Apr. 30, 1976, unless otherwise noted.