{"operation":"document","citation":"49 CFR 40.295","title":"May employees or employers seek a second SAP evaluation if they disagree with the first SAP's recommendations?","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2026-08-18","summary":"(a) As an employee with a DOT drug and alcohol regulation violation, when you have been evaluated by a SAP, you must not seek a second SAP's evaluation in order to obtain another recommendation.\n\n(b) As an employer, you must not seek a second SAP's evaluation if the employee has already been evaluat","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-40-295.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-40-295.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-40-295","source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-08-18/title-49/section-40.295","body":"(a) As an employee with a DOT drug and alcohol regulation violation, when you have been evaluated by a SAP, you must not seek a second SAP's evaluation in order to obtain another recommendation.\n\n(b) As an employer, you must not seek a second SAP's evaluation if the employee has already been evaluated by a qualified SAP. If the employee, contrary to paragraph (a) of this section, has obtained a second SAP evaluation, as an employer you may not rely on it for any purpose under this part.","truncated":false,"body_characters":491}