{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-240.203","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 240.203","heading":"Determinations required as a prerequisite to certification.","body":"(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), each railroad, prior to initially certifying or recertifying any person as an engineer for any class of service, shall, in accordance with its FRA-approved program determine in writing that:\n(1) The individual meets the eligibility requirements of §§ 240.115, 240.117 and 240.119; and\n(2) The individual meets the vision and hearing acuity standards of § 240.121;\n(3) The individual has the necessary knowledge, as demonstrated by successfully completing a test that meets the requirements of § 240.125;\n(4) The individual has the necessary applied knowledge and operating performance skills, as demonstrated by successfully completing an operational performance test that meets the requirements of § 240.127; and\n(5) Where a person has not previously been certified, that the person has completed a training program that meets the requirements of § 240.123.\n(b) A railroad may certify a person as a student engineer after determining that the person meets the vision and hearing acuity standards of § 240.121. A railroad may subsequently certify that student engineer as either a locomotive servicing engineer or a train service engineer without further review of his or her acuity status provided it determines that:\n(1) The person successfully completed a training program that complies with § 240.123;\n(2) The person meets the eligibility requirements of §§ 240.109 and 240.119; and\n(3) A period of not more than twenty-four months has elapsed since the student engineer certification was issued.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation","CHAPTER II—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","PART 240—QUALIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS","Subpart C—Implementation of the Certification Process"],"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":"0fa666409ad8027be90f3ea9859c8c8d7194a5bc0586da8dc32be4e3ccbf5c80","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-240.201","next":"us/49-cfr-240.205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}