---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 111.135"
title: "14"
number: "111.135"
heading: "FAA records."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/111.135"
---

# §111.135. FAA records.


No reviewing entity may permit an individual to begin service as a pilot unless a responsible person or authorized user has accessed and evaluated all relevant FAA records for that individual in the PRD, including:

- (a) Records related to current pilot and medical certificate information, including associated type ratings and information on any limitations to those certificates and ratings.
- (b) Records maintained by the Administrator concerning any failed attempt of an individual to pass a practical test required to obtain a certificate or type rating under [part 61](/cfr/14/part61.md) of this chapter.
- (c) Records related to enforcement actions resulting in a finding by the Administrator, which was not subsequently overturned, of a violation of [title 49](/cfr/49.md) of the United States Code or a regulation prescribed or order issued under that title.
- (d) Records related to an individual acting as pilot in command or second in command during an aviation accident or incident.
- (e) Records related to an individual's pre-employment drug and alcohol testing history and other U.S. Department of Transportation drug and alcohol testing including:
  - (1) Verified positive drug test results;
  - (2) Alcohol misuse violations, including confirmed alcohol results of 0.04 or greater; and
  - (3) **Refusals to submit to drug or alcohol testing.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101, 40113, 44701, 44703, 44711, 46105, 46301.

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2020-0246, Amdt. 111-1, 86 FR 31060, June 10, 2021, unless otherwise noted.