Regulations last checked for updates: Dec 18, 2025

Title 49 - Transportation last revised: Nov 03, 2025
§ 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 https://railroads.dot.gov/ for a statement of agency civil penalty policy.

[90 FR 28144, July 1, 2025]
source: 44 FR 2175, Jan. 10, 1979, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 49 CFR 218.55