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§ 120.37 

any function listed in subpart E of this 
part while that individual has a prohib-
ited drug, as defined in this part, in his 
or her system. 

(c) No certificate holder or operator 

shall knowingly use any individual to 
perform, nor shall any individual per-
form for a certificate holder or oper-
ator, either directly or by contract, 
any safety-sensitive function if that in-
dividual has a verified positive drug 
test result on, or has refused to submit 
to, a drug test required by subpart E of 
this part and the individual has not 
met the requirements of that subpart 
for returning to the performance of 
safety-sensitive duties. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2008–0937, 74 FR 22653, May 14, 
2009; Amdt. 120–0A, 75 FR 3153, Jan. 20, 2010] 

§ 120.35

Testing for prohibited drugs. 

(a) Each certificate holder or oper-

ator shall test each of its employees 
who perform a function listed in sub-
part E of this part in accordance with 
that subpart. 

(b) Except as provided in paragraph 

(c) of this section, no certificate holder 
or operator may use any contractor to 
perform a function listed in subpart E 
of this part unless that contractor 
tests each employee performing such a 
function for the certificate holder or 
operator in accordance with that sub-
part. 

(c) If a certificate holder conducts an 

on-demand operation into an airport at 
which no maintenance providers are 
available that are subject to the re-
quirements of subpart E of this part 
and emergency maintenance is re-
quired, the certificate holder may use 
individuals not meeting the require-
ments of paragraph (b) of this section 
to provide such emergency mainte-
nance under both of the following con-
ditions: 

(1) The certificate holder must give 

written notification of the emergency 
maintenance to the Drug Abatement 
Program Division, AAM–800, 800 Inde-
pendence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20591, within 10 days after being pro-
vided same in accordance with this 
paragraph. A certificate holder must 
retain copies of all such written notifi-
cations for two years. 

(2) The aircraft must be reinspected 

by maintenance personnel who meet 

the requirements of paragraph (b) of 
this section when the aircraft is next 
at an airport where such maintenance 
personnel are available. 

(d) For purposes of this section, 

emergency maintenance means main-
tenance that— 

(1) Is not scheduled and 
(2) Is made necessary by an aircraft 

condition not discovered prior to the 
departure for that location. 

§ 120.37

Misuse of alcohol. 

(a) 

General. 

This section applies to 

covered employees who perform a func-
tion listed in subpart F of this part for 
a certificate holder. For the purpose of 
this section, an individual who meets 
the definition of covered employee in 
subpart F of this part is considered to 
be performing the function for the cer-
tificate holder. 

(b) 

Alcohol concentration. 

No covered 

employee shall report for duty or re-
main on duty requiring the perform-
ance of safety-sensitive functions while 
having an alcohol concentration of 0.04 
or greater. No certificate holder having 
actual knowledge that an employee has 
an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or 
greater shall permit the employee to 
perform or continue to perform safety- 
sensitive functions. 

(c) 

On-duty use. 

No covered employee 

shall use alcohol while performing 
safety-sensitive functions. No certifi-
cate holder having actual knowledge 
that a covered employee is using alco-
hol while performing safety-sensitive 
functions shall permit the employee to 
perform or continue to perform safety- 
sensitive functions. 

(d) 

Pre-duty use. 

(1) No covered em-

ployee shall perform flight crew-
member or flight attendant duties 
within 8 hours after using alcohol. No 
certificate holder having actual knowl-
edge that such an employee has used 
alcohol within 8 hours shall permit the 
employee to perform or continue to 
perform the specified duties. 

(2) No covered employee shall per-

form safety-sensitive duties other than 
those specified in paragraph (d)(1) of 
this section within 4 hours after using 
alcohol. No certificate holder having 
actual knowledge that such an em-
ployee has used alcohol within 4 hours 
shall permit the employee to perform 

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