Communicable Diseases
As part of their responsibility to their passengers, air carriers
try to prevent the spread of infection or a communicable disease
on board an aircraft. If a person who seeks passage has an infection
or disease that would be transmittable during the normal course
of a flight, and that has been deemed so by a federal public health
authority knowledgeable about the disease or infection, then the
carrier may:
Refuse to provide transportation to the person;
Require the person to provide a medical certificate stating that
the disease at its current stage would not be transmittable during
the normal course of flight, or describing measures which would
prevent transmission during flight;
Impose on the person a condition or requirement not imposed on
other passengers (e.g., wearing a mask).
If the individual has a contagious disease but presents a medical
certificate describing conditions or precautions that would prevent
the transmission of the disease during the flight, the carrier shall
provide transportation unless it is not feasible to act upon the
conditions set forth in the certificate to prevent transmission
of the disease.
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