{"operation":"document","citation":"49 CFR 199.223","title":"Refusal to submit to a required alcohol test.","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2026-08-18","summary":"Each operator shall require a covered employee to submit to a post-accident alcohol test required under § 199.225(a), a reasonable suspicion alcohol test required under § 199.225(b), or a follow-up alcohol test required under § 199.225(d). No operator shall permit an employee who refuses to submit t","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-199-223.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-199-223.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-199-223","source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-08-18/title-49/section-199.223","body":"Each operator shall require a covered employee to submit to a post-accident alcohol test required under § 199.225(a), a reasonable suspicion alcohol test required under § 199.225(b), or a follow-up alcohol test required under § 199.225(d). No operator shall permit an employee who refuses to submit to such a test to perform or continue to perform covered functions.","truncated":false,"body_characters":366}