Current textIn force on Sept. 30, 2019Source: eCFR
§ 382.209 Use following an accident.
Current wording, in the annual edition revised as of Oct. 1, 2001.
49 CFR § 382.209 — Use following an accident.. Text in force on September 30, 2019. This wording effective October 1, 2001 to present. Source: eCFR as of September 30, 2019, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2019-09-30/title-49/section-382.209. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/382.209?asof=2019-09-30, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.
No driver required to take a post-accident alcohol test under § 382.303 shall use alcohol for eight hours following the accident, or until he/she undergoes a post-accident alcohol test, whichever occurs first.
Amendment history
2 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 1996- Oct. 1, 1996 → Oct. 1, 2001annual editions 1996–2000
A new entry appears whenever the regulatory words change between government snapshots. Day-precise from the eCFR (2017 onward); before that, one snapshot per annual CFR edition (revised as of October 1). Bracketed citations are the Federal Register history printed with the section.