[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of Octobery 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR16.220]

[Page 270-271]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 16_CHEMICAL TESTING--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B_Required Chemical Testing
 
Sec. 16.220  Periodic testing requirements.

    (a) Except as provided by paragraph (c) of this section, and 
Sec. Sec. 10.209(h) and 12.02-9(f) of this subchapter, an applicant for 
an original issuance or a renewal of a license or a certificate of 
registry (COR), a raise in grade of a license, a higher grade of COR, an 
original issuance of a merchant mariner's document (MMD), the first 
endorsement as an able seaman, lifeboatman, qualified member of the 
engine department, or tankerman, or a reissuance of an MMD with a new 
expiration date shall be required to pass a chemical test for dangerous 
drugs. The applicant shall provide the results of the test to

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the Coast Guard Regional Examination Center (REC) at the time of 
submitting an application. The test results must be completed and dated 
not more than 185 days prior to submission of the application.
    (b) Unless excepted under paragraph (c) of this section, each pilot 
required by this subchapter to receive an annual physical examination 
must pass a chemical test for dangerous drugs as a part of that 
examination. The individual shall provide the results of each test 
required by this section to the REC when the pilot applies for a license 
renewal or when requested by the Coast Guard.
    (c) An applicant need not submit evidence of passing a chemical test 
for dangerous drugs required by paragraph (a) or (b) of this section if 
he or she provides satisfactory evidence that he or she has--
    (1) Passed a chemical test for dangerous drugs required by this part 
within the previous six months with no subsequent positive chemical 
tests during the remainder of the 6-month period; or
    (2) During the previous 185 days been subject to a random testing 
program required by Sec. 16.230 for at least 60 days and did not fail 
or refuse to participate in a chemical test for dangerous drugs required 
by this part.
    (d) Except as provided by paragraph (b) of this section, an 
applicant is required to provide the results of only one chemical test 
for dangerous drugs when multiple transactions are covered by or 
requested in a single application.

[CGD 91-223, 60 FR 4525, Jan. 23, 1995]