49 CFR § 655.53 - Supervisor acting as collection site personnel.

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title: "49 CFR § 655.53 - Supervisor acting as collection site personnel."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
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section_name: "Supervisor acting as collection site personnel."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
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part_name: "PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL MISUSE AND PROHIBITED DRUG USE IN TRANSIT OPERATIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 5331 (as amended); 49 CFR 1.91"
regulatory_source: "66 FR 42002, Aug. 9, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
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# 655.53 Supervisor acting as collection site personnel.

An employer shall not permit an employee with direct or immediate supervisory responsibility or authority over another employee to serve as the urine or oral fluid collector, breath alcohol technician, or saliva-testing technician for a drug or alcohol test of the employee.

[66 FR 42002, Aug. 9, 2001, as amended at 88 FR 27653, May 2, 2023]