{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-199.221","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 199.221","heading":"Use following an accident.","body":"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.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation","CHAPTER I—PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER D—PIPELINE SAFETY","PART 199—DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING","Subpart C—Alcohol Misuse Prevention Program"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"54ed98210c552354fc8b5cfd992c8f69472fd60e43c15845586d066855fa8942","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-199.219","next":"us/49-cfr-199.223"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}