---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 1708.105"
title: "10"
number: "1708.105"
heading: "Promise of confidentiality."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/1708.105"
---

# §1708.105. Promise of confidentiality.

- (a) The Investigating Officer(s) may give a promise of confidentiality to any individual who provides evidence for a safety inquiry or investigation to encourage frank communication.
- (b) A promise of confidentiality must be explicit.
- (c) A promise of confidentiality must be documented in writing.
- (d) A promise of confidentiality may be given only as needed to ensure forthright cooperation of a witness and may not be given on a blanket basis to all witnesses.
- (e) A promise of confidentiality must inform the witness that it applies only to information given to the Investigating Officer(s) and not to the same information if given to others.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2286b(c); 42 U.S.C. 2286a(b)(2); 44 U.S.C. 3101-3107, 3301-3303a, 3308-3314.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 71010, Dec. 1, 2014, unless otherwise noted.