---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 16.260"
title: "46"
number: "16.260"
heading: "Records."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/16.260"
---

# §16.260. Records.

- (a) Employers must maintain records of chemical tests as provided in [49 CFR 40.333](/cfr/49/40.333.md) and must make these records available to Coast Guard officials upon request.
- (b) The records must be sufficient to:
  - (1) Satisfy the requirements of §§ [16.210(b)](/cfr/46/16.210.md?p=b) and [16.220(c)](/cfr/46/16.220.md?p=c).
  - (2) Identify the total number of individuals chemically tested annually for dangerous drugs in each of the categories of testing required by this part including the annual number of individuals failing chemical tests and the number and types of drugs for which individuals tested positive.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 86-067, 53 FR 47079, Nov. 21, 1988, as amended by CGD 91-223, 60 FR 4526, Jan. 23, 1995; USCG-2000-7759, 66 FR 42968, Aug. 16, 2001]

### Source

Source: CGD 86-067, 53 FR 47079, Nov. 21, 1988, as amended by USCG-2021-0097, 89 FR 93134, Nov. 25, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 7101, 7301, and 7701; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 86-067, 53 FR 47079, Nov. 21, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 86-067, 53 FR 47079, Nov. 21, 1988, as amended by CGD 91-223, 60 FR 4526, Jan. 23, 1995; USCG-2000-7759, 66 FR 42968, Aug. 16, 2001]