10 CFR § 26.21 - Fitness-for-duty program.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s26.21"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 26.21 - Fitness-for-duty program."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "26.21"
section_name: "Fitness-for-duty program."
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION"
part_number: "26"
part_name: "FITNESS FOR DUTY PROGRAMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 53, 103, 104, 107, 161, 223, 234, 1701 (42 U.S.C. 2073, 2133, 2134, 2137, 2201, 2273, 2282, 2297f); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 17176, Mar. 31, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "26"
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# 26.21 Fitness-for-duty program.

The licensees and other entities specified in § 26.3(a) through (c) shall establish, implement, and maintain FFD programs that, at a minimum, comprise the program elements contained in this subpart. The individuals specified in § 26.4(a) through (e) and (g), and, at the licensee's or other entity's discretion, § 26.4(f), and, if necessary, § 26.4(j) shall be subject to these FFD programs. Licensees and other entities may rely on the FFD program or program elements of a C/V, as defined in § 26.5, if the C/V's FFD program or program elements meet the applicable requirements of this part.