---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 60.11"
title: "10"
number: "60.11"
heading: "Deliberate misconduct."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/60.11"
---

# §60.11. Deliberate misconduct.

- (a) Any licensee, applicant for a license, employee of a licensee or applicant; or any contractor (including a supplier or consultant), subcontractor, employee of a contractor or subcontractor of any licensee or applicant for a license who knowingly provides to any licensee, applicant, contractor, or subcontractor, any components, equipment, materials, or other goods or services that relate to a licensee's or applicant's activities in this part, may not:
  - (1) Engage in deliberate misconduct that causes or would have caused, if not detected, a licensee or applicant to be in violation of any rule, regulation, or order; or any term, condition, or limitation of any license issued by the Commission; or
  - (2) Deliberately submit to the NRC, a licensee, an applicant, or a licensee's or applicant's contractor or subcontractor, information that the person submitting the information knows to be incomplete or inaccurate in some respect material to the NRC.
- (b) A person who violates paragraph [(a)(1)](#a-1) or [(a)(2)](#a-2) of this section may be subject to enforcement action in accordance with the procedures in [10 CFR part 2](/cfr/10/part2.md), subpart B.
- (c) For the purposes of [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section, deliberate misconduct by a person means an intentional act or omission that the person knows:
  - (1) Would cause a licensee or applicant to be in violation of any rule, regulation, or order; or any term, condition, or limitation, of any license issued by the Commission; or
  - (2) Constitutes a violation of a requirement, procedure, instruction, contract, purchase order, or policy of a licensee, applicant, contractor, or subcontractor.

## Notes

### Amendments

[63 FR 1898, Jan. 13, 1998]

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 51, 53, 62, 63, 65, 81, 161, 182, 183, 223, 234 (42 U.S.C. 2071, 2073, 2092, 2093, 2095, 2111, 2201, 2232, 2233, 2273, 2282); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202, 206, 211 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842, 5846, 5851); 42 U.S.C. 2021a; National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332); Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, secs. 114, 117, 121 (42 U.S.C. 10134, 10137, 10141), 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 13980, Feb. 25, 1981, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[63 FR 1898, Jan. 13, 1998]