---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 382.211"
title: "49"
number: "382.211"
heading: "Refusal to submit to a required alcohol or controlled substances test."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/382.211"
---

# §382.211. Refusal to submit to a required alcohol or controlled substances test.


No driver shall refuse to submit to a pre-employment controlled substance test required under [§ 382.301](/cfr/49/382.301.md), a post-accident alcohol or controlled substance test required under [§ 382.303](/cfr/49/382.303.md), a random alcohol or controlled substances test required under [§ 382.305](/cfr/49/382.305.md), a reasonable suspicion alcohol or controlled substance test required under [§ 382.307](/cfr/49/382.307.md), a return-to-duty alcohol or controlled substances test required under [§ 382.309](/cfr/49/382.309.md), or a follow-up alcohol or controlled substance test required under [§ 382.311](/cfr/49/382.311.md). No employer shall permit a driver who refuses to submit to such tests to perform or continue to perform safety-sensitive functions.


## Notes

### Amendments

[77 FR 4483, Jan. 30, 2012]

### 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

[77 FR 4483, Jan. 30, 2012]