10 CFR § 709.25 - Limits on use of polygraph examination results that reflect “Significant Response” or “No Opinion”.

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title: "10 CFR § 709.25 - Limits on use of polygraph examination results that reflect “Significant Response” or “No Opinion”."
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# 709.25 Limits on use of polygraph examination results that reflect “Significant Response” or “No Opinion”.

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.