[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR382.119]

[Page 174]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 382_CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND ALCOHOL USE AND TESTING--Table 
of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec.  382.119  Stand-down waiver provision.

    (a) Employers are prohibited from standing employees down, except 
consistent with a waiver from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration as required under this section.
    (b) An employer subject to this part who seeks a waiver from the 
prohibition against standing down an employee before the MRO has 
completed the verification process shall follow the procedures in 49 CFR 
40.21. The employer must send a written request, which includes all of 
the information required by that section to the Administrator, Federal 
Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., 
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (c) The final decision whether to grant or deny the application for 
a waiver will be made by the Administrator or the Administrator's 
designee.
    (d) After a decision is signed by the Administrator or the 
Administrator's designee, the employer will be sent a copy of the 
decision, which will include the terms and conditions for the waiver or 
the reason for denying the application for a waiver.
    (e) Questions regarding waiver applications should be directed to 
the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Office of Enforcement 
and Compliance (MC-EC), 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590-
0001.

[66 FR 43103, Aug. 17, 2001, as amended at 72 FR 55700, Oct. 1, 2007]