---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 26.21"
title: "10"
number: "26.21"
heading: "Fitness-for-duty program."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/26.21"
---

# §26.21. Fitness-for-duty program.


The licensees and other entities specified in § [26.3(a) through (c)](/cfr/10/26.3.md?p=a..c) and [(f)](/cfr/10/26.3.md?p=f) (for those licensees and other entities that do not implement the requirements in subparts [M](/cfr/10/subpartM.md) and [K](/cfr/10/subpartK.md) of this part) 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)](/cfr/10/26.4.md?p=a..e) and [(g)](/cfr/10/26.4.md?p=g), and, at the licensee's or other entity's discretion, [§ 26.4(f)](/cfr/10/26.4.md?p=f), and, if necessary, [§ 26.4(j)](/cfr/10/26.4.md?p=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](/cfr/10/26.5.md), if the C/V's FFD program or program elements satisfy the applicable requirements of this part.


## Notes

### Amendments

[91 FR 15777, Mar. 30, 2026]

### Authority

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.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 17176, Mar. 31, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[91 FR 15777, Mar. 30, 2026]