Historical textIn force on Nov. 8, 2021Source: eCFR
§ 385.309 What is the purpose of the safety audit?
Wording first on file in the 2002 annual edition, superseded November 18, 2024.
49 CFR § 385.309 — What is the purpose of the safety audit?. Text in force on November 8, 2021. This wording effective October 1, 2002 to November 18, 2024. Source: eCFR as of November 8, 2021, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2021-11-08/title-49/section-385.309. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/385.309?asof=2021-11-08, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.
The purpose of a safety audit is to:
(a) Provide educational and technical assistance to the new entrant; and
(b) Gather safety data needed to make an assessment of the new entrant's safety performance and adequacy of its basic safety management controls.
Amendment history
2 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 2002A 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.