10 CFR 709.25
§ 709.25 Limits on use of polygraph examination results that reflect “Significant Response” or “No Opinion”.
United States · 10 CFR — Energy · Status: effective
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- 10 CFR 709.25, § 709.25 Limits on use of polygraph examination results that reflect “Significant Response” or “No Opinion”, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/40398
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DOE or its contractors may not:
(a) Take an adverse personnel action against a covered person or make an adverse access recommendation solely on the basis of a polygraph examination result of “significant response” or “no opinion”; or
(b) Use a polygraph examination that reflects “significant response” or “no opinion” as a substitute for any other required investigation.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.