[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: 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,



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in accordance with its FRA-approved program determine in writing that:

    (1) The individual meets the eligibility requirements of Sec. Sec. 

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;

    (2) The person meets the eligibility requirements of Sec. Sec. 

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]