May carriers limit access to transportation on the basis that a passenger has a communicable disease or other medical condition?

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 14

(a) You must not do any of the following things on the basis that a passenger has a communicable disease or infection, unless you determine that the passenger's condition poses a direct threat: (1) Refuse to provide transportation to the passenger; (2) Delay the passenger's transportation (e.g., require the passenger to take a later flight); (3) Impose on the passenger any condition, restriction, or requirement not imposed on other passengers; or (4) Require the passenger to provide a medical certificate. (b) In assessing whether the passenger's condition poses a direct threat, you must apply the provisions of § 382.19(c)(1)-(2) of this subpart. (1) In making this assessment, you may rely on directives issued by public health authorities (e.g., the U.S. Centers for Disease Control or Public Health Service; comparable agencies in other countries; the World Health Organization). (2) In making this assessment, you must consider the significance of the consequences of a communicable disease and the degree to which it can be readily transmitted by casual contact in an aircraft cabin environment. (c) If a passenger with a communicable disease meeting the direct threat criteria of this section gives you a medical certificate of the kind outlined in § 382.23(c)(2) describing measures for preventing transmission of the disease during the normal course of the (d) If your action under this section results in the postponement of a passenger's travel, you must permit the passenger to trav

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 14:§ 382.21