---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 382.207"
title: "49"
number: "382.207"
heading: "Pre-duty use."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/382.207"
---

# §382.207. Pre-duty use.


No driver shall perform safety-sensitive functions within four hours after using alcohol. No employer having actual knowledge that a driver has used alcohol within four hours shall permit a driver to perform or continue to perform safety-sensitive functions.


## Notes

### 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.