---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 382.101"
title: "49"
number: "382.101"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/382.101"
---

# §382.101. Purpose.


The purpose of this part is to establish programs designed to help prevent accidents and injuries resulting from the misuse of alcohol or use of controlled substances by drivers of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs).


## Notes

### Amendments

[66 FR 43103, Aug. 17, 2001, as amended at 89 FR 90619, Nov. 18, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 31133, 31136, 31301 et seq. , 31502; sec. 32934 of Pub. L. 112-141, 126 Stat. 405, 830; and 49 CFR 1.87.

### Source

Source: 66 FR 43103, Aug. 17, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[66 FR 43103, Aug. 17, 2001, as amended at 89 FR 90619, Nov. 18, 2024]