---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 40.11"
title: "49"
number: "40.11"
heading: "What are the general responsibilities of employers under this regulation?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/40.11"
---

# §40.11. What are the general responsibilities of employers under this regulation?

- (a) As an employer, you are responsible for meeting all applicable requirements and procedures of this part.
- (b) You are responsible for all actions of your officials, representatives, and agents (including service agents) in carrying out the requirements of the DOT agency regulations.
- (c) All agreements and arrangements, written or unwritten, between and among employers and service agents concerning the implementation of DOT drug and alcohol testing requirements are deemed, as a matter of law, to require compliance with all applicable provisions of this part and DOT agency drug and alcohol testing regulations. Compliance with these provisions is a material term of all such agreements and arrangements.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 102, 301, 322, 5331, 20140, 31306, and 54101 et seq.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000, unless otherwise noted.