Oxygen and portable oxygen concentrators for medical use by passengers.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 14

(a) A certificate holder may allow a passenger to carry and operate equipment for the storage, generation, or dispensing of oxygen when all of the conditions in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section are satisfied. Beginning August 22, 2016, a certificate holder may allow a passenger to carry and operate a portable oxygen concentrator when the conditions in paragraphs (b) and (e) of this section are satisfied. (1) The equipment is— (i) Furnished by the certificate holder; (ii) Of an approved type or is in conformity with the manufacturing, packaging, marking, labeling, and maintenance requirements of 49 CFR parts 171, 172, and 173, except § 173.24(a)(1); (iii) Maintained by the certificate holder in accordance with an approved maintenance program; (iv) Free of flammable contaminants on all exterior surfaces; (v) Capable of providing a minimum mass flow of oxygen to the user of four liters per minute; (vi) Constructed so that all valves, fittings, and gauges are protected from damage; and (vii) Appropriately secured. (2) When the oxygen is stored in the form of a liquid, the equipment has been under the certificate holder's approved maintenance program since its purchase new or since the storage container was last purged. (3) When the oxygen is stored in the form of a compressed gas as defined in 49 CFR 173.115(b)— (i) The equipment has been under the certificate holder's approved maintenance program since its purchase new or since the last hydrostatic test of the storage

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 14:§ 121.574