49 C.F.R. § 655.49

Refusal to submit to a drug or alcohol test.

Last amended: 2016Year: 2026Length: 100 wordsSubsections: 2Official source

Cite as 49 C.F.R. § 655.49 (2026)

(a) Each employer shall require a covered employee to submit to a post-accident drug and alcohol test required under § 655.44, a random drug and alcohol test required under § 655.45, a reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol test required under § 655.43, or a follow-up drug and alcohol test required under § 655.47. No employer shall permit an employee who refuses to submit to such a test to perform or continue to perform safety-sensitive functions. (b) When an employee refuses to submit to a drug or alcohol test, the employer shall follow the procedures outlined in 49 CFR Part 40.
Cross-references to the CFR
655.43655.44655.45655.47.
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