---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 120.13"
title: "14"
number: "120.13"
heading: "Refusal to submit to a drug or alcohol test by a Part 63 certificate holder."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/120.13"
---

# §120.13. Refusal to submit to a drug or alcohol test by a Part 63 certificate holder.

- (a) This section applies to all individuals who hold a certificate under [part 63](/cfr/14/part63.md) of this chapter and who are subject to drug and alcohol testing under this part.
- (b) Refusal by the holder of a certificate issued under [part 63](/cfr/14/part63.md) of this chapter to take a drug or alcohol test required under the provisions of this part is grounds for:
  - (1) Denial of an application for any certificate or rating issued under [part 63](/cfr/14/part63.md) of this chapter for a period of up to 1 year after the date of such refusal; and
  - (2) **Suspension or revocation of any certificate or rating issued under part 63 of this chapter.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2008-0937, 74 FR 22653, May 14, 2009; Amdt. 120-0A, 75 FR 3153, Jan. 20, 2010]

### 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.

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2008-0937, 74 FR 22653, May 14, 2009; Amdt. 120-0A, 75 FR 3153, Jan. 20, 2010]