49 CFR § 199.115 - Contractor employees.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s199.115"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 199.115 - Contractor employees."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "199.115"
section_name: "Contractor employees."
chapter_name: "PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "PIPELINE SAFETY"
part_number: "199"
part_name: "DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 5103, 60102, 60104, 60108, 60117, and 60118; 49 CFR 1.53."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 47096, Nov. 21, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "199"
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# 199.115 Contractor employees.
With respect to those employees who are contractors or employed by a contractor, an operator may provide by contract that the drug testing, education, and training required by this part be carried out by the contractor provided:
(a) The operator remains responsible for ensuring that the requirements of this part are complied with; and
(b) The contractor allows access to property and records by the operator, the Administrator, and if the operator is subject to the jurisdiction of a state agency, a representative of the state agency for the purpose of monitoring the operator's compliance with the requirements of this part.
[53 FR 47096, Nov. 21, 1988. Redesignated by Amdt. 199-19, 66 FR 47118, Sept. 11, 2001]