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[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_._43_]
[Page 403]
 
                     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._43_  Treatment of mobility aids and assistive devices.
    (a) When wheelchairs or other assistive devices are disassembled by 
the carrier for stowage, the carrier shall reassemble them and ensure 
their prompt return to the handicapped passenger. Wheelchairs and other 
assistive devices shall be returned to the passenger in the condition 
received by the carrier.
    (b) With respect to domestic transportation, the baggage liability 
limits of 14 CFR part 254 do not apply to liability for loss, damage, or 
delay concerning wheelchairs or other assistive devices. The criterion 
for calculating the compensation for a lost, damaged, or destroyed 
wheelchair or other assistive device shall be the original purchase 
price of the device.
    (c) Carriers shall not require qualified individuals with a 
disability to sign waivers of liability for damage to or loss of 
wheelchairs or other assistive devices.
[55 FR 8046, Mar. 6, 1990, as amended at 55 FR 12342, Apr. 3, 1990; 64 
FR 41783, Aug. 2, 1999]