[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR217.11]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 217_RAILROAD OPERATING RULES--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 217.11  Program of instruction on operating rules; recordkeeping; 

electronic recordkeeping.



    (a) To ensure that each railroad employee whose activities are 

governed by the railroad's operating rules understands those rules, each 

railroad to which this part applies shall periodically instruct each 

such employee on the meaning and application of the railroad's operating 

rules in accordance with a written program retained at its system 

headquarters and at the division headquarters for each division where 

the employee is instructed.

    (b) On or after November 21, 1994, or 30 days before commencing 

operations, whichever is later, each railroad to



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which this part applies shall retain one copy of its current program for 

the periodic instruction of its employees as required by paragraph (a) 

of this section and one copy of each subsequent amendment to that 

program. The system headquarters of the railroad shall retain one copy 

of all these records; the division headquarters for each division where 

the employees are instructed shall retain one copy of all portions of 

these records that the division applies and enforces. These records 

shall be made available to representatives of the Federal Railroad 

Administration for inspection and copying during normal business hours. 

This program shall--

    (1) Describe the means and procedures used for instruction of the 

various classes of affected employees;

    (2) State the frequency of instruction and the basis for determining 

that frequency;

    (3) Include a schedule for completing the initial instruction of 

employees who are already employed when the program begins;

    (4) Begin within 30 days after November 21, 1994, or the date of 

commencing operations, whichever is later; and

    (5) Provide for initial instruction of each employee hired after the 

program begins.

    (c) Each railroad to which this part applies is authorized to retain 

by electronic recordkeeping its program for periodic instruction of its 

employees on operating rules provided that the requirements stated in 

Sec. 217.9(e)(1) through (5) of this part are satisfied.



[39 FR 41176, Nov. 25, 1974, as amended at 59 FR 43071, Aug. 22, 1994]