---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 40.41"
title: "49"
number: "40.41"
heading: "May employers use the CCF for non-Federal collections or non-Federal forms for DOT collections?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/40.41"
---

# §40.41. May employers use the CCF for non-Federal collections or non-Federal forms for DOT collections?

- (a) **No, as an employer, you are prohibited from using the CCF for non-Federal collections.** You are also prohibited from using non-Federal forms for DOT collections. Doing either subjects you to enforcement action under DOT agency regulations.
- (b)
  - (1) In the rare case where the collector, either by mistake or as the only means to conduct a test under difficult circumstances (e.g., post-accident or reasonable suspicion test with insufficient time to obtain the CCF), uses a non-Federal form for a DOT collection, the use of a non-Federal form does not present a reason for the laboratory to reject the specimen for testing or for an MRO to cancel the result.
  - (2) The use of the non-Federal form is a “correctable flaw.” As an MRO, to correct the problem you must follow the procedures of [§ 40.205(b)(2)](/cfr/49/40.205.md?p=b-2).

## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 41950, Aug. 9, 2001. Redesignated and amended at 88 FR 27639, June 1, 2023]

### 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.

### Amendments

[65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 41950, Aug. 9, 2001. Redesignated and amended at 88 FR 27639, June 1, 2023]