---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 61.16"
title: "14"
number: "61.16"
heading: "Refusal to submit to an alcohol test or to furnish test results."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/61.16"
---

# §61.16. Refusal to submit to an alcohol test or to furnish test results.


A refusal to submit to a test to indicate the percentage by weight of alcohol in the blood, when requested by a law enforcement officer in accordance with [§ 91.17(c)](/cfr/14/91.17.md?p=c) of this chapter, or a refusal to furnish or authorize the release of the test results requested by the Administrator in accordance with § [91.17(c)](/cfr/14/91.17.md?p=c) or [(d)](/cfr/14/91.17.md?p=d) of this chapter, is grounds for:

- (a) Denial of an application for any certificate, rating, or authorization issued under this part for a period of up to 1 year after the date of that refusal; or
- (b) **Suspension or revocation of any certificate, rating, or authorization issued under this part.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44703, 44707, 44709-44711, 44729, 44903, 45102-45103, 45301-45302.

### Source

Source: Docket 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997, unless otherwise noted.