---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 109.11"
title: "49"
number: "109.11"
heading: "Assistance of properly qualified personnel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/109.11"
---

# §109.11. Assistance of properly qualified personnel.


An agent may authorize properly qualified personnel to assist in the activities conducted under this part if the agent is not properly qualified to perform a function that is essential to the agent's exercise of authority under this part or when safety might otherwise be compromised by the agent's performance of such a function.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5101-5128, 44701; Pub. L. 101-410 Sec. 4 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); Pub. L. 104-121 Secs. 212-213; Pub. L. 104-134 Sec. 31001; 49 CFR 1.81, 1.97.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 11592, Mar. 2, 2011, unless otherwise noted.