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§ 384.203 Driving while under the influence.

Current wording, in the annual edition revised as of Oct. 1, 2002.

eCFR as of September 23, 2019 ↗
49 CFR § 384.203 — Driving while under the influence.. Text in force on September 23, 2019. This wording effective October 1, 2002 to present. Source: eCFR as of September 23, 2019, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2019-09-23/title-49/section-384.203. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/384.203?asof=2019-09-23, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

(a) The State must have in effect and enforce through licensing sanctions the disqualifications prescribed in § 383.51(b) of this subchapter for driving a CMV with a 0.04 alcohol concentration.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a State to apply its criminal or other sanctions for driving under the influence to a person found to have operated a CMV with an alcohol concentration of 0.04, except licensing sanctions including suspension, revocation, or cancellation.

(c) A State that enacts and enforces through licensing sanctions the disqualifications prescribed in § 383.51(b) of this subchapter for driving a CMV with a 0.04 alcohol concentration and gives full faith and credit to the disqualification of CMV drivers by other States shall be deemed in substantial compliance with section 12009(a)(3) of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. 31311(a)(3)).

[67 FR 49761, July 31, 2002]

Amendment history

2 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 1996
  1. Oct. 1, 2002 → presentannual editions 2002–2016diff vs. previousviewing
    [67 FR 49761, July 31, 2002]
  2. Oct. 1, 1996 → Oct. 1, 2002annual editions 1996–2001

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.