Current textIn force on March 11, 2026Source: eCFR
§ 385.309 Safety audit: Purpose.
Current wording, effective November 18, 2024.
49 CFR § 385.309 — Safety audit: Purpose.. Text in force on March 11, 2026. This wording effective November 18, 2024 to present. Source: eCFR as of March 11, 2026, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-03-11/title-49/section-385.309. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/385.309?asof=2026-03-11, 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, 2002- Oct. 1, 2002 → Nov. 18, 2024annual editions 2002–2016
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.