[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR240.217]

[Page 683]
 
                        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. 240.217  Time limitations for making determinations.

    (a) After the pertinent date in paragraph (e), (f) or (g) of Sec. 
240.201, a railroad shall not certify or recertify a person as a 
qualified locomotive engineer in any class of train or engine service, 
if the railroad is making:
    (1) A determination concerning eligibility and the eligibility data 
being relied on were furnished more than 366 days before the date of the 
railroad's certification decision;
    (2) A determination concerning visual and hearing acuity and the 
medical examination being relied on was conducted more than 366 days 
before the date of the railroad's recertification decision;
    (3) A determination concerning demonstrated knowledge and the 
knowledge examination being relied on was conducted more than 366 days 
before the date of the railroad's certification decision; or
    (4) A determination concerning demonstrated performance skills and 
the performance skill testing being relied on was conducted more than 
366 days before the date of the railroad's certification decision;
    (b) The time limitations of paragraph (a) of this section do not 
apply to a railroad that is making a certification decision in reliance 
on determinations made by another railroad in accordance with paragraph 
(c)(2) of this section, Sec. 240.227, or Sec. 240.229.
    (c) Except as provided in Sec. 240.201 concerning implementation 
dates for initial certification decisions and paragraph (b) of this 
section, no railroad shall:
    (1) Certify a person as a qualified locomotive engineer for an 
interval of more than 36 months; or
    (2) Rely on a certification issued by another railroad that is more 
than 36 months old.
    (d) Except as provided for in Sec. 240.201 concerning initial 
implementation of the program, a railroad shall issue each person 
designated as a certified locomotive engineer a certificate that 
complies with Sec. 240.223 no later than 30 days from the date of its 
decision to certify or recertify that person.

[56 FR 28254, June 19, 1991, as amended at 58 FR 19003, Apr. 9, 1993; 60 
FR 53137, Oct. 12, 1995; 64 FR 60992, Nov. 8, 1999]