---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 219.1"
title: "49"
number: "219.1"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/219.1"
---

# §219.1. Purpose and scope.

- (a) The purpose of this part is to prevent accidents and casualties in railroad operations that result from impairment of employees by alcohol or drugs.
- (b) **This part prescribes minimum Federal safety standards for control of alcohol and drug use.** This part does not restrict a railroad from adopting and enforcing additional or more stringent requirements not inconsistent with this part.

## Notes

### Amendments

[66 FR 41973, Aug. 9, 2001, as amended at 81 FR 37922, June 10, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20140, 21301, 21304, 21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; Div. A, Sec. 412, Pub. L. 110-432, 122 Stat. 4889 (49 U.S.C. 20140 note); Sec. 8102, Pub. L. 115-271, 132 Stat. 3894; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 66 FR 41973, Aug. 9, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[66 FR 41973, Aug. 9, 2001, as amended at 81 FR 37922, June 10, 2016]