14 CFR § 382.33 - May carriers impose other restrictions on passengers with a disability that they do not impose on other passengers?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s382.33"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 382.33 - May carriers impose other restrictions on passengers with a disability that they do not impose on other passengers?"
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "382.33"
section_name: "May carriers impose other restrictions on passengers with a disability that they do not impose on other passengers?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL REGULATIONS"
part_number: "382"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY IN AIR TRAVEL"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 41702 and 41705, Pub. L. 115-254, and Pub. L. 118-63."
regulatory_source: "Doc. No. DOT-OST-2004-19482, 73 FR 27665, May 13, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "382"
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# 382.33 May carriers impose other restrictions on passengers with a disability that they do not impose on other passengers?
(a) As a carrier, you must not subject passengers with a disability to restrictions that do not apply to other passengers, except as otherwise permitted in this part (*e.g.,* advance notice requirements for certain services permitted by § 382.27).
(b) Restrictions you must not impose on passengers with a disability include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Restricting passengers” movement within the terminal;
(2) Requiring passengers to remain in a holding area or other location in order to receive transportation, services, or accommodations;
(3) Making passengers sit on blankets on the aircraft;
(4) Making passengers wear badges or other special identification (*e.g.,* similar to badges worn by unaccompanied minors); or
(5) Otherwise mandating separate treatment for passengers with a disability, unless permitted or required by this part or other applicable Federal requirements.