---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 382.119"
title: "49"
number: "382.119"
heading: "Stand-down waiver provision."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/382.119"
---

# §382.119. Stand-down waiver provision.

- (a) Employers are prohibited from standing employees down, except consistent with a waiver from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as required under this section.
- (b) An employer subject to this part who seeks a waiver from the prohibition against standing down an employee before the MRO has completed the verification process shall follow the procedures in [49 CFR 40.21](/cfr/49/40.21.md). The employer must send a written request, which includes all of the information required by that section to the Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
- (c) The final decision whether to grant or deny the application for a waiver will be made by the Administrator or the Administrator's designee.
- (d) After a decision is signed by the Administrator or the Administrator's designee, the employer will be sent a copy of the decision, which will include the terms and conditions for the waiver or the reason for denying the application for a waiver.
- (e) Questions regarding waiver applications should be directed to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Office of Safety Programs (MC-SS), 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.

## Notes

### Amendments

[66 FR 43103, Aug. 17, 2001, as amended at 72 FR 55700, Oct. 1, 2007; 87 FR 59035, Sept. 29, 2022]

### 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 72 FR 55700, Oct. 1, 2007; 87 FR 59035, Sept. 29, 2022]