[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR382.53]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
   CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)
 
PART 382--NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY IN AIR TRAVEL--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart C--Requirements for Services
 
Sec. 382.53  Medical certificates.

    (a) Except as provided in this section, a carrier shall not require 
a person who is otherwise a qualified handicapped person to have a 
medical certificate as a condition for being provided transportation.
    (b)(1) A carrier may require a medical certificate for a qualified 
individual with a disability--
    (i) Who is traveling in a stretcher or incubator;
    (ii) Who needs medical oxygen during a flight, as provided in 14 CFR 
121.574; or
    (iii) Whose medical condition is such that there is reasonable doubt 
that the individual can complete the flight safely, without requiring 
extraordinary medical assistance during the flight.
    (2) For purposes of this paragraph, a medical certificate is a 
written statement from the passenger's physician saying that the 
passenger is capable of completing a flight safely, without requiring 
extraordinary medical assistance during the flight.
    (c)(1) If a qualified individual with a disability has a 
communicable disease or infection of the kind described in 
Sec. 382.51(b), a carrier may require a medical certificate.
    (2) For purposes of this paragraph, a medical certificate is a 
written statement from the passenger's physician saying that the disease 
or infection would not, under the present conditions in the particular 
passenger's case, be communicable to other persons during the normal 
course of a flight. The medical certificate shall state any conditions 
or precautions that would have to be observed to prevent the 
transmission of the disease or infection to other persons in the normal 
course of a flight. It shall be dated within ten days of the date of the 
flight for which it is presented.