# The breath alcohol testing form.

**Citation:** 49 CFR 40.59  
**Type / status:** regulation / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2000-10-01  
**Published:** Not stated

(a) Each employer shall use the breath alcohol testing form prescribed under this part. The form is found in appendix A to this subpart. Employers may not modify or revise this form, except that a form directly generated by an EBT may omit the space for affixing a separate printed result to the form

## Document text

(a) Each employer shall use the breath alcohol testing form prescribed under this part. The form is found in appendix A to this subpart. Employers may not modify or revise this form, except that a form directly generated by an EBT may omit the space for affixing a separate printed result to the form.

(b) The form shall provide triplicate (or three consecutive identical) copies. Copy 1 (white) shall be transmitted to the employer. Copy 2 (green) shall be provided to the employee. Copy 3 (blue) shall be retained by the BAT. Except for a form generated by an EBT, the form shall be 81/2 by 11 inches in size.

[59 FR 7357, Feb. 15, 1994, as amended at 59 FR 43001, Aug. 19, 1994; 60 FR 19679, Apr. 20, 1995]

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2000-title49-vol1/CFR-2000-title49-vol1-sec40-59>
- Source ID: `govinfo-cfr`
- SHA-256: `fac4c694e6f5ca9937453f99e42f68642e4f13062cf15be750ac7885fb64b5de`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-12T01:41:24.490Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T15:50:20.766Z
- Document slug: `49-cfr-40-59`

### Source metadata

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  "subpart": "Subpart C—Alcohol Testing",
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  "revisedAsOf": "2000-10-01",
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