15 CFR § 270.310 - Evidence collected by investigation participants who are not NIST employees.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s270.310"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "15 CFR § 270.310 - Evidence collected by investigation participants who are not NIST employees."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "270.310"
section_name: "Evidence collected by investigation participants who are not NIST employees."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAMS"
part_number: "270"
part_name: "NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Pub. L. 107-231, 116 Stat. 1471 (15 U.S.C. 7301 )."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 4694, Jan. 30, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "270"
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# 270.310 Evidence collected by investigation participants who are not NIST employees.
Upon receipt of evidence pursuant to an investigation under the Act, each investigation participant who is not a NIST employee shall:
(a) As soon as practicable, transfer the original evidence to NIST, and retain a copy of the evidence only if necessary to carry out their duties under the investigation; and
(b) For any evidence that cannot reasonably be duplicated, retain the evidence in accordance with NIST procedures for preserving evidence as described in § 270.330 of this subpart, and upon completion of the duties for which retention of the evidence is necessary, transfer the evidence to NIST.
[68 FR 4694, Jan. 30, 2003, as amended at 68 FR 24345, May 7, 2003]