Minn. R. agency 171, ch. 7450, pt. 7450.0700 - USE OF SECUREMENT DEVICE
The driver of a vehicle equipped with a wheelchair securement device has the following duties:
A.
The driver or a person designated by the driver shall ensure that an occupied
wheelchair is properly secured before the driver sets the vehicle in
motion.
B. When requested by the
wheelchair user, when the wheelchair user is unable to communicate, when seat
belt usage is required of all passengers in the vehicle, or when the vehicle is
a school bus, the driver or a person designated by the driver shall ensure that
the seat belt assembly, and upper torso restraint if so equipped, is fastened
around the wheelchair user, before the driver sets the vehicle in motion. The
seat belt assembly or the upper torso restraint must not be fastened, however,
if the wheelchair user or other responsible person advises the driver that to
do so would aggravate a physical condition of the wheelchair user. If the
physical condition would be aggravated by the use of but one of the devices,
the device that would have no adverse effect on the physical condition must be
fastened in the required manner.
C.
The driver or a person designated by the driver shall ensure that securement
devices and seat belt assemblies are retracted, removed, or otherwise stored
when not in use to prevent tripping of persons and damage to devices.
Notes
Statutory Authority: MS s 299A.01; 299A.12; 299A.18
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