[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: 14CFR382.55]

[Page 406]
 
                     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. 382.55  Miscellaneous provisions.

    (a) Carriers shall permit dogs and other service animals used by 
handicapped persons to accompany the persons on a flight.
    (1) Carriers shall accept as evidence that an animal is a service 
animal identification cards, other written documentation, presence of 
harnesses or markings on harnesses, tags, or the credible verbal 
assurances of the qualified individual with a disability using the 
animal.
    (2) Carriers shall permit a service animal to accompany a qualified 
individual with a disability in any seat in which the person sits, 
unless the animal obstructs an aisle or other area that must remain 
unobstructed in order to facilitate an emergency evacuation.
    (3) In the event that special information concerning the 
transportation of animals outside the continental United States is 
either required to be or is provided by the carrier, the information 
shall be provided to all passengers traveling with animals outside the 
continental United States with the carrier, including those traveling 
with service animals.
    (b) Carriers shall not require qualified individuals with a 
disability to sit on blankets.
    (c) Carriers shall not restrict the movements of handicapped persons 
in terminals or require them to remain in a holding area or other 
location in order to be provided transportation, to receive assistance, 
or for other purposes, or otherwise mandate separate treatment for 
handicapped persons, except as permitted or required in this part.