[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR240.203]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 240--QUALIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart C--Implementation of the Certification Process
 
Sec. 240.203  Determinations required as a prerequisite to certification.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c), after the pertinent date 
specified in paragraph (e), (f), or (g) of Sec. 240.201, each railroad, 
prior to initially certifying or recertifying any person as an engineer 
for any class of service, shall, in accordance with its FRA-approved 
program determine in writing that:
    (1) The individual meets the eligibility requirements of 
Secs. 240.115, 240.117 and 240.119; and
    (2) The individual meets the vision and hearing acuity standards of 
Sec. 240.121;
    (3) The individual has the necessary knowledge, as demonstrated by 
successfully completing a test that meets the requirements of 
Sec. 240.125;
    (4) The individual has the necessary applied knowledge and operating 
performance skills, as demonstrated by successfully completing an 
operational performance test that meets the requirements of 
Sec. 240.127; and
    (5) Where a person has not previously been certified, that the 
person has completed a training program that meets the requirements of 
Sec. 240.123.
    (b) A railroad may certify a person as a student engineer after 
determining that the person meets the vision and hearing acuity 
standards of Sec. 240.121. A railroad may subsequently certify that 
student engineer as either a locomotive servicing engineer or a train 
service engineer without further review of his or her acuity status 
provided it determines that:
    (1) The person successfully completed a training program that 
complies with Sec. 240.123;

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    (2) The person meets the eligibility requirements of Secs. 240.109 
and 240.119; and
    (3) A period of not more than twenty-four months has elapsed since 
the student engineer certification was issued.

[56 FR 28254, June 19, 1991, as amended at 60 FR 53136, Oct. 12, 1995]