[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR172.702]

[Page 416-417]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 172_HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TABLE, SPECIAL PROVISIONS, HAZARDOUS 
MATERIALS COMMUNICATIONS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE INFORMATION, AND 
 
                           Subpart H_Training
 
Sec.  172.702  Applicability and responsibility for training and testing.

    (a) A hazmat employer shall ensure that each of its hazmat employees 
is trained in accordance with the requirements prescribed in this 
subpart.

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    (b) Except as provided in Sec.  172.704(c)(1), a hazmat employee who 
performs any function subject to the requirements of this subchapter may 
not perform that function unless instructed in the requirements of this 
subchapter that apply to that function. It is the duty of each hazmat 
employer to comply with the applicable requirements of this subchapter 
and to thoroughly instruct each hazmat employee in relation thereto.
    (c) Training may be provided by the hazmat employer or other public 
or private sources.
    (d) A hazmat employer shall ensure that each of its hazmat employees 
is tested by appropriate means on the training subjects covered in Sec.  
172.704.

[Amdt. 172-126, 57 FR 20952, May 15, 1992; 57 FR 22182, May 27, 1992, as 
amended by Amdt. 172-149, 61 FR 27173, May 30, 1996]