What mobility aids and other assistive devices may passengers with a disability bring onto a passenger vessel?
• As a PVO, you must permit passengers with a disability to bring the following kinds of items onto a passenger vessel, consistent with Coast Guard requirements concerning security, safety, and hazardous materials: • Wheelchairs and other mobility devices, including, but not limited to, manual wheelchairs and battery-powered wheelchairs; • Other mobility aids, such as canes (including those used by persons with impaired vision), crutches, and walkers; • Other assistive devices (e.g., vision-enhancing devices, personal ventilators, portable oxygen concentrators, and respirators that use non-spillable batteries); • Personal oxygen supplies. • You must permit passengers with a disability to use their mobility aids and assistive devices on board the vessel in all locations passengers access. • You are not required to permit passengers with a disability to bring these items into lifeboats or other survival craft, in the context of an emergency evacuation of the vessel.
