---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 120.125"
title: "14"
number: "120.125"
heading: "Waivers from 49 CFR 40.21."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/120.125"
---

# §120.125. Waivers from 49 CFR 40.21.


An employer subject to this part may petition the Drug Abatement Division, Office of Aerospace Medicine, for a waiver allowing the employer to stand down an employee following a report of a laboratory confirmed positive drug test or refusal, pending the outcome of the verification process.

- (a) Each petition for a waiver must be in writing and include substantial facts and justification to support the waiver. Each petition must satisfy the substantive requirements for obtaining a waiver, as provided in [49 CFR 40.21](/cfr/49/40.21.md).
- (b) Each petition for a waiver must be submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Aerospace Medicine, Drug Abatement Division (AAM-800), 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.
- (c) The Administrator may grant a waiver subject to [49 CFR 40.21(d)](/cfr/49/40.21.md?p=d).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101-40103, 40113, 40120, 41706, 41721, 44106, 44701, 44702, 44703, 44709, 44710, 44711, 45101-45105, 46105, 46306.

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2008-0937, 74 FR 22653, May 14, 2009, unless otherwise noted.