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Accreditation: Know oxygen transport rules
January 16, 2023Harold Davis
Q. When transporting a small quantity of oxygen tanks, am I required to have shipping papers or a manifest?
A. This is a question asked frequently by home medical equipment companies. There is also a fair amount of confusion among Department of Transportation (DOT) officers regarding the need for a manifest. Surveyors for accreditation organizations have also cited organizations for not documenting balances of tanks the driver is transporting.
So, what is the regulation regarding the transportation...