---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 655.32"
title: "49"
number: "655.32"
heading: "On duty use."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/655.32"
---

# §655.32. On duty use.


Each employer shall prohibit a covered employee from using alcohol while performing safety-sensitive functions. No employer having actual knowledge that a covered employee is using alcohol while performing safety-sensitive functions shall permit the employee to perform or continue to perform safety-sensitive functions.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5331 (as amended); 49 CFR 1.91

### Source

Source: 66 FR 42002, Aug. 9, 2001, unless otherwise noted.