---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 396.23"
title: "49"
number: "396.23"
heading: "Equivalent to periodic inspection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/396.23"
---

# §396.23. Equivalent to periodic inspection.

- (a)
  - (1) If a commercial motor vehicle is subject to a mandatory inspection program that is determined by the Administrator to be as effective as [§ 396.17](/cfr/49/396.17.md), the motor carrier or intermodal equipment provider must meet the requirement of [§ 396.17](/cfr/49/396.17.md) through that inspection program. Commercial motor vehicle inspections may be conducted by government personnel, at commercial facilities authorized by a State government or equivalent jurisdiction in the Canadian Provinces, the Yukon Territory, or Mexico, or by the motor carrier or intermodal equipment provider itself under the auspices of a self-inspection program authorized by a State government or equivalent jurisdiction in the Canadian Provinces, the Yukon Territory, or Mexico.
  - (2) Should FMCSA determine that an inspection program, in whole or in part, is not as effective as [§ 396.17](/cfr/49/396.17.md), the motor carrier or intermodal equipment provider must ensure that the periodic inspection required by [§ 396.17](/cfr/49/396.17.md) is performed on all commercial motor vehicles under its control in a manner specified in [§ 396.17](/cfr/49/396.17.md).
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[83 FR 22881, May 17, 2018]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 504, 31133, 31136, 31151, 31502; sec. 32934, Pub. L. 112-141, 126 Stat. 405, 830; sec. 5524, Pub. L. 114-94, 129 Stat. 1312, 1560; and 49 CFR 1.87.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 38526, July 2, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[83 FR 22881, May 17, 2018]