Current textIn force on Jan. 9, 2026Source: eCFR

§ 40.17 Is an employer responsible for obtaining information from its service agents?

Current wording, first on file in the 2001 annual edition.

eCFR as of January 9, 2026 ↗

49 CFR § 40.17 — Is an employer responsible for obtaining information from its service agents?. Text in force on January 9, 2026. This wording effective October 1, 2001 to present. Source: eCFR as of January 9, 2026, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-01-09/title-49/section-40.17. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/40.17?asof=2026-01-09, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

Yes, as an employer, you are responsible for obtaining information required by this part from your service agents. This is true whether or not you choose to use a C/TPA as an intermediary in transmitting information to you. For example, suppose an applicant for a safety-sensitive job takes a pre-employment drug test, but there is a significant delay in your receipt of the test result from an MRO or C/TPA. You must not assume that “no news is good news” and permit the applicant to perform safety-sensitive duties before receiving the result. This is a violation of the Department's regulations.

Amendment history

1 distinct wording on file since Oct. 1, 2001

Oct. 1, 2001 → presentannual editions 2001–2016viewing

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.