49 CFR § 242.101 - Certification program required.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s242.101"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 242.101 - Certification program required."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "242.101"
section_name: "Certification program required."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "242"
part_name: "QUALIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF CONDUCTORS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20135, 20138, 20162, 20163, 21301, 21304, 21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 69841, Nov. 9, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "242"
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# 242.101 Certification program required.

(a) After the pertinent date specified in § 242.105(d) or (e), each railroad shall have a certification program approved in accordance with § 242.103 that includes:

(1) A designation of the types of service that it determines will be used in compliance with the criteria established in § 242.107;

(2) A procedure for evaluating prior safety conduct that complies with the criteria established in § 242.109;

(3) A procedure for evaluating visual and hearing acuity that complies with the criteria established in § 242.117;

(4) A procedure for training that complies with the criteria established in § 242.119;

(5) A procedure for knowledge testing that complies with the criteria established in § 242.121; and

(6) A procedure for monitoring operational performance that complies with the criteria established in § 242.123.

(b) [Reserved]