{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-40.125","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 40.125","heading":"What relationship may an MRO have with a laboratory?","body":"As an MRO, you may not enter into any relationship with an employer's laboratory that creates a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest with your responsibilities to that employer. You may not derive any financial benefit by having an employer use a specific laboratory. For examples of relationships between laboratories and MROs that the Department views as creating a conflict of interest or the appearance of such a conflict, see § 40.101(b).","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Transportation","PART 40—PROCEDURES FOR TRANSPORTATION WORKPLACE DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING PROGRAMS","Subpart G—Medical Review Officers and the Verification 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":"7315d409e6953e654bcb72d4d8bfd9f71908373fea9b8510ddc045b1694482c2","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-40.123","next":"us/49-cfr-40.127"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}