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DOT/OST | RIN: 2105-AF14 | Publication ID: Spring 2024 |
Title: Ensuring Safe Accommodations for Air Travelers with Disabilities Using Wheelchairs | |
Abstract:
This rulemaking would amend 14 CFR part 382 to enhance the safety of air travel for individuals with disabilities who use wheelchairs. Specifically, this rulemaking would (1) clarify that an airline's current regulatory obligation to provide assistance to individuals with disabilities, including connecting, enplaning, and deplaning assistance upon request, inherently includes the obligation that the assistance provided be "safe" and "dignified;" (2) clarify airlines' responsibility to provide prompt assistance to passengers with disabilities who request assistance in moving within the airport (transferred from RIN 2105-AE95); (3) make airline mishandling of assistive devices a per se regulatory violation subject to administrative penalties; (4) address airline processes for returning, repairing, and replacing mishandled wheelchairs and the need for loaner chair accommodations in the interim; and, (5) require airlines to provide hands-on training to their employees and contractors who physically assist passengers with mobility disabilities or handle battery-powered wheelchairs or scooters. |
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Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT) | Priority: Other Significant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 14 CFR 382 | |
Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 41702 49 U.S.C. 41705 |
Legal Deadline:
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Additional Information: Reg Eval needs completed. | |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov | Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Blane A. Workie Assistant General Counsel Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary Room 4116/C-70, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20590 Phone:202-366-9342 Fax:202-366-7153 Email: blane.workie@ost.dot.gov |