[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR382.33]

[Page 418-419]
 
                     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. 382.33  Advance notice requirements.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, a carrier 
shall not require a qualified individual with a disability to provide 
advance notice of his or her intention to travel or of his or her 
disability as a condition of receiving transportation or of receiving 
services or accommodations required by this part.

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    (b) A carrier may require up to 48 hours advance notice and one-hour 
advance check-in concerning a qualified individual with a disability who 
wishes to receive any of the following services, types of equipment, or 
accommodations:
    (1) Medical oxygen for use on board the aircraft, if this service is 
available on the flight;
    (2) Carriage of an incubator, if this service is available on the 
flight;
    (3) Hook-up for a respirator to the aircraft electrical power 
supply, if this service is available on the flight;
    (4) Accommodation for a passenger who must travel in a stretcher, if 
this service is available on the flight;
    (5) Transportation for an electric wheelchair on a flight scheduled 
to be made with an aircraft with fewer than 60 seats;
    (6) Provision by the carrier of hazardous materials packaging for a 
battery for a wheelchair or other assistive device;
    (7) Accommodation for a group of ten or more qualified individuals 
with a disability, who make reservations and travel as a group; and
    (8) Provision of an on-board wheelchair on an aircraft that does not 
have an accessible lavatory.
    (c) If a passenger does not meet advance notice or check-in 
requirements established by a carrier consistent with this section, the 
carrier shall nonetheless provide the service, equipment, or 
accommodation if it can do so by making a reasonable effort, without 
delaying the flight.
    (d) Carriers' reservation and other administrative systems shall 
ensure that when advance notice is provided by qualified individuals 
with a disability as provided by this section, the notice is recorded 
and properly transmitted to operating employees responsible for 
providing the accommodation concerning which notice was provided.
    (e) If the qualified individual with a disability provides the 
notice required by the carrier for a service under paragraph (b) of this 
section, the carrier shall ensure that the requested service is 
provided.
    (f) If a qualified individual with a disability provides advance 
notice to a carrier, and the individual is forced to change to the 
flight of a different carrier because of the cancellation of the 
original flight or the substitution of inaccessible equipment, the first 
carrier shall, to the maximum extent feasible, provide assistance to the 
second carrier in providing the accommodation requested by the 
individual from the first carrier.