---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 245.120"
title: "49"
number: "245.120"
heading: "Requirements for territorial qualification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/245.120"
---

# §245.120. Requirements for territorial qualification.

- (a) After FRA has approved a railroad's certification program, a railroad shall not permit or require a person to serve as a dispatcher on a particular territory unless that railroad determines that:
  - (1) The person is a certified dispatcher; and
  - (2) **The person either—**
    - (i) Possesses the necessary territorial qualifications for the applicable territory pursuant to [§ 245.119](/cfr/49/245.119.md); or
    - (ii) **Is assisted by a Dispatcher Pilot who is qualified on the territory.**
- (b) If a person is called to serve on a territory that they are not qualified on, the person must immediately notify the railroad that they are not qualified on the assigned territory.
- (c) A person shall no longer be considered qualified on a territory if they have not worked on that territory as a dispatcher in the previous 12 months.
- (d) Each railroad shall adopt and comply with a program meeting the requirements of this section. When any person (including, but not limited to, each railroad, railroad officer, supervisor, and employee) violates any requirement of a program which complies with the requirements of this section, that person shall be considered to have violated the requirements of this section.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20162, 21301, 21304, 21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 49 CFR 1.89; and Pub. L. 110-432, sec. 402, 122 Stat. 4884.

### Source

Source: 89 FR 44806, May 21, 2024, unless otherwise noted.