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Drug and Alcohol Testing of Certificated Repair Station Employees Located Outside of the United States
The Federal Aviation Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on December 18, 2024. It took effect on January 17, 2025.
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What the agency says
This final rule requires certificated repair stations located outside the territory of the United States (U.S.) whose employees perform safety-sensitive maintenance functions on certain air carrier aircraft to conduct alcohol and controlled substance testing in a manner acceptable to the Administrator and consistent with the applicable laws of the country in which the repair station is located. The final rule directs the repair station to comply with the requirements of the Drug and Alcohol Testing Program published by the FAA and the Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug Testing Programs published by the Department of Transportation, as proposed. However, this final rule also allows foreign governments, on behalf of certificated repair stations within their territories, and individual foreign repair stations subject to the rule to obtain the Administrator's recognition of a compatible alternative that contains minimum criteria in lieu of compliance with certain components of the Drug and Alcohol Testing Program.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-29837
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
- Published
- December 18, 2024
- Takes effect
- January 17, 2025
- Dates
- This rule is effective January 17, 2025, except for amendatory instructions 3, 8, and 11, which are effective December 20, 2027. The compliance date for this final rule is December 20, 2027.
- Docket
- Docket No.: FAA-2012-1058; Amdt. No. 120-3
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2120-AK09
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 14 CFR 120
- Topics
- Air carriers; Alcohol abuse; Alcoholism; Aviation safety; Drug abuse; Drug testing; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Safety; Transportation
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 36
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