49 CFR § 199.221 - Use following an accident.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s199.221"
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title: "49 CFR § 199.221 - Use following an accident."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "199.221"
section_name: "Use following an accident."
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"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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."
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# 199.221 Use following an accident.

Each operator shall prohibit a covered employee who has actual knowledge of an accident in which his or her performance of covered functions has not been discounted by the operator as a contributing factor to the accident from using alcohol for eight hours following the accident, unless he or she has been given a post-accident test under § 199.225(a), or the operator has determined that the employee's performance could not have contributed to the accident.