49 CFR § 655.17 - Notice requirement.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s655.17"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 655.17 - Notice requirement."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "655.17"
section_name: "Notice requirement."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "655"
part_name: "PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL MISUSE AND PROHIBITED DRUG USE IN TRANSIT OPERATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 5331 (as amended); 49 CFR 1.91"
regulatory_source: "66 FR 42002, Aug. 9, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "655"
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# 655.17 Notice requirement.

Before performing a drug or alcohol test under this part, each employer shall notify a covered employee that the test is required by this part. No employer shall falsely represent that a test is administered under this part.