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type: "LegalText"
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title: "49 U.S.C. § 45103"
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description: "Prohibited service"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 49
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title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
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chapter_number: "451"
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chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES TESTING"
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section: "45103"
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citation: "49 U.S.C. § 45103"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 49 U.S.C. § 45103 - Prohibited service
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## Text
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(a) Use of Alcohol or a Controlled Substance.— An individual may not use alcohol or a controlled substance after October 28, 1991, in violation of law or a United States Government regulation and serve as an airman, crewmember, airport security screening employee, air carrier employee responsible for safety-sensitive functions (as decided by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration), or employee of the Administration with responsibility for safety-sensitive functions.
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(b) Rehabilitation Required To Resume Service.— Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, an individual found to have used alcohol or a controlled substance after October 28, 1991, in violation of law or a Government regulation may serve as an airman, crewmember, airport security screening employee, air carrier employee responsible for safety-sensitive functions (as decided by the Administrator), or employee of the Administration with responsibility for safety-sensitive functions only if the individual completes a rehabilitation program described in section 45105 of this title.
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(c) Performance of Prior Duties Prohibited.— An individual who served as an airman, crewmember, airport security screening employee, air carrier employee responsible for safety-sensitive functions (as decided by the Administrator), or employee of the Administration with responsibility for safety-sensitive functions and who was found by the Administrator to have used alcohol or a controlled substance after October 28, 1991, in violation of law or a Government regulation may not carry out the duties related to air transportation that the individual carried out before the finding of the Administrator if the individual—
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(1) used the alcohol or controlled substance when on duty;
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(2) began or completed a rehabilitation program described in section 45105 of this title before using the alcohol or controlled substance; or
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(3) refuses to begin or complete a rehabilitation program described in section 45105 of this title after a finding by the Administrator under this section.
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(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1222; Pub. L. 107–71, title I, § 139(2), Nov. 19, 2001, 115 Stat. 640.)
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## Notes
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Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 45103(a)49 App.:1434(b)(1).Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, 72 Stat. 731, § 614(b); added Oct. 28, 1991, Pub. L. 102–143, § 3(a), 105 Stat. 954. 45103(b)49 App.:1434(b)(2). 45103(c)49 App.:1434(b)(3). In subsection (b), the words “Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section” are added for clarity.
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2001—Pub. L. 107–71 substituted “screening employee” for “screening contract employee” wherever appearing.
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