{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-245.120","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 245.120","heading":"Requirements for territorial qualification.","body":"(a) After FRA has approved a railroad's certification program, a railroad shall not permit or require a person to serve as a dispatcher on a particular territory unless that railroad determines that:\n(1) The person is a certified dispatcher; and\n(2) The person either:\n(i) Possesses the necessary territorial qualifications for the applicable territory pursuant to § 245.119; or\n(ii) Is assisted by a Dispatcher Pilot who is qualified on the territory.\n(b) If a person is called to serve on a territory that they are not qualified on, the person must immediately notify the railroad that they are not qualified on the assigned territory.\n(c) A person shall no longer be considered qualified on a territory if they have not worked on that territory as a dispatcher in the previous 12 months.\n(d) Each railroad shall adopt and comply with a program meeting the requirements of this section. When any person (including, but not limited to, each railroad, railroad officer, supervisor, and employee) violates any requirement of a program which complies with the requirements of this section, that person shall be considered to have violated the requirements of this section.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation","CHAPTER II—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","PART 245—QUALIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF DISPATCHERS","Subpart B—Program and Eligibility Requirements"],"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":"af67b8759d2d819e9754221013992087887b648f4a897025723333ac3c4ad6b4","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-245.119","next":"us/49-cfr-245.121"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}