49 CFR § 609.3 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s609.3"
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title: "49 CFR § 609.3 - Definitions."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "609.3"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "609"
part_name: "TRANSPORTATION FOR ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED PERSONS"
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. 5307(d) and 5308(b); 23 U.S.C. 134, 135 and 142; 29 U.S.C. 794; 49 CFR 1.51."
regulatory_source: "41 FR 18239, Apr. 30, 1976, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "609"
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# 609.3 Definitions.

As used herein:

*Elderly and handicapped persons* means those individuals who, by reason of illness, injury, age, congenital malfunction, or other permanent or temporary incapacity or disability, including those who are nonambulatory wheelchair-bound and those with semi-ambulatory capabilities, are unable without special facilities or special planning or design to utilize mass transportation facilities and services as effectively as persons who are not so affected.