[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR199.231]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                       TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 199--DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart C--Alcohol Misuse Prevention Program
 
Sec. 199.231  Access to facilities and records.

    (a) Except as required by law or expressly authorized or required in 
this subpart, no employer shall release covered employee information 
that is contained in records required to be maintained in Sec. 199.227.
    (b) A covered employee is entitled, upon written request, to obtain 
copies of any records pertaining to the employee's use of alcohol, 
including any records pertaining to his or her alcohol tests. The 
operator shall promptly provide the records requested by the employee. 
Access to a employee's records shall not be contingent upon payment

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for records other than those specifically requested.
    (c) Each operator shall permit access to all facilities utilized in 
complying with the requirements of this subpart to the Secretary of 
Transportation, any DOT agency, or a representative of a state agency 
with regulatory authority over the operator.
    (d) Each operator shall make available copies of all results for 
employer alcohol testing conducted under this subpart and any other 
information pertaining to the operator's alcohol misuse prevention 
program, when requested by the Secretary of Transportation, any DOT 
agency with regulatory authority over the operator, or a representative 
of a state agency with regulatory authority over the operator. The 
information shall include name-specific alcohol test results, records, 
and reports.
    (e) When requested by the National Transportation Safety Board as 
part of an accident investigation, an operator shall disclose 
information related to the operator's administration of any post- 
accident alcohol tests administered following the accident under 
investigation.
    (f) An operator shall make records available to a subsequent 
employer upon receipt of the written request from the covered employee. 
Disclosure by the subsequent employer is permitted only as expressly 
authorized by the terms of the employee's written request.
    (g) An operator may disclose information without employee consent as 
provided by DOT Procedures concerning certain legal proceedings.
    (h) An operator shall release information regarding a covered 
employee's records as directed by the specific, written consent of the 
employee authorizing release of the information to an identified person. 
Release of such information by the person receiving the information is 
permitted only in accordance with the terms of the employee's consent.

[Amdt. 199-9, 59 FR 7430, Feb. 15, 1994, as amended by Amdt. 199-19, 66 
FR 47119, Sept. 11, 2001]