---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 385.311"
title: "49"
number: "385.311"
heading: "Safety audit: Scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/385.311"
---

# §385.311. Safety audit: Scope.


The safety audit will consist of a review of the new entrant's safety management systems and a sample of required records to assess compliance with the FMCSRs, applicable HMRs and related record-keeping requirements as specified in appendix A of this part. The areas for review include, but are not limited to, the following:

- (a) Driver qualification;
- (b) Driver duty status;
- (c) Vehicle maintenance;
- (d) Accident register; and
- (e) **Controlled substances and alcohol use and testing requirements.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 67 FR 31983, May 13, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 113, 504, 521(b), 5105(d), 5109, 5113, 13901-13905, 13908, 31135, 31136, 31144, 31148, 31151, 31502; sec. 113(a), Pub. L. 103-311, 108 Stat. 1673, 1676; sec. 408, Pub. L. 104-88, 109 Stat. 803, 958; sec. 350, Pub. L. 107-87, 115 Stat. 833, 864; sec. 5205, Pub. L. 114-94, 129 Stat. 1312, 1537; and 49 CFR 1.87.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 50968, Dec. 19, 1988, unless otherwise noted.