Oxygen and portable oxygen concentrators for medical use by passengers.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 14

(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (d) and (f) of this section, no certificate holder may allow the carriage or operation of equipment for the storage, generation or dispensing of medical oxygen unless the conditions in paragraphs (a) through (c) 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 (f) of this section are satisfied. (1) The equipment must be— (i) Of an approved type or in conformity with the manufacturing, packaging, marking, labeling, and maintenance requirements of title 49 CFR parts 171, 172, and 173, except § 173.24(a)(1); (ii) When owned by the certificate holder, maintained under the certificate holder's approved maintenance program; (iii) Free of flammable contaminants on all exterior surfaces; (iv) Constructed so that all valves, fittings, and gauges are protected from damage during that carriage or operation; and (v) Appropriately secured. (2) When the oxygen is stored in the form of a liquid, the equipment must have 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 title 49 CFR 173.115(b)— (i) When owned by the certificate holder, it must be maintained under its approved maintenance program; and (ii) The pressure in any oxygen cylinder must not exce

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 14:§ 125.219