Regulations last checked for updates: Oct 17, 2024

Title 49 - Transportation last revised: Oct 15, 2024
§ 218.55 - Tampering prohibited.

Any individual who willfully disables a safety device is subject to a civil penalty and to disqualification from performing safety-sensitive functions on a railroad if found unfit for such duties under the procedures provided for in 49 CFR part 209. See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of agency civil penalty policy.

[84 FR 23734, May 23, 2019]
source: 44 FR 2175, Jan. 10, 1979, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 49 CFR 218.55