---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 382.209"
title: "49"
number: "382.209"
heading: "Use following an accident."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/382.209"
---

# §382.209. Use following an accident.


No driver required to take a post-accident alcohol test under [§ 382.303](/cfr/49/382.303.md) shall use alcohol for eight hours following the accident, or until he/she undergoes a post-accident alcohol test, whichever occurs first.


## 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.