---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 199.221"
title: "49"
number: "199.221"
heading: "Use following an accident."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/199.221"
---

# §199.221. Use following an accident.


Each operator shall prohibit a covered employee who has actual knowledge of an accident in which his or her performance of covered functions has not been discounted by the operator as a contributing factor to the accident from using alcohol for eight hours following the accident, unless he or she has been given a post-accident test under [§ 199.225(a)](/cfr/49/199.225.md?p=a), or the operator has determined that the employee's performance could not have contributed to the accident.


## Notes

### Source

Source: Amdt. 199-9, 59 FR 7430, Feb. 15, 1994, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated by Amdt. 199-19, 66 FR 47118, Sept. 11, 2001.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5103, 60102, 60104, 60108, 60117, and 60118; 49 CFR 1.53.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 47096, Nov. 21, 1988, unless otherwise noted.