---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 26.610"
title: "10"
number: "26.610"
heading: "Sanctions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/26.610"
---

# §26.610. Sanctions.

- (a) Licensees and other entities that implement an FFD program under this subpart must establish sanctions for FFD policy violations that, at a minimum, prohibit the individuals specified in [§ 26.4](/cfr/10/26.4.md) from being assigned to perform or direct those duties and responsibilities or maintaining authorization making them subject to this subpart.
- (b) The severity of the sanction must escalate with the number of occurrences and severity of the FFD policy violation. The sanction must be long enough to act as a deterrent and, if the individual is retained as a licensee employee or contractor/vendor, facilitate the individual to complete counseling or treatment. The sanctions must include an immediate unfavorable termination of the individual's authorization as follows:
  - (1) A minimum 14-day denial of access for a first violation of the FFD policy involving a confirmed positive drug or alcohol test result;
  - (2) A minimum 3-year denial of access for a second violation of the FFD policy involving a confirmed positive drug or alcohol test result;
  - (3) A minimum 5-year denial of access for any individual who is determined to have been involved in the sale, use, or possession of illegal drugs or the consumption of alcohol within a protected area of any facility licensed under [part 53](/cfr/10/part53.md) of this chapter or within a transporter's facility or vehicle used in the conveyance of formula quantities of strategic SNM while the individual is subject to this subpart; and
  - (4) A permanent denial of access for a third violation of the FFD policy involving a confirmed positive drug or alcohol test result or a subversion attempt of any drug or alcohol test or screening process.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 91 FR 15779, Mar. 30, 2026, unless otherwise noted.

### 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.