---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 709.13"
title: "10"
number: "709.13"
heading: "Implications of refusal to take a polygraph examination."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/709.13"
---

# §709.13. Implications of refusal to take a polygraph examination.

- (a) Subject to [§ 709.14](/cfr/10/709.14.md) of this part, a covered person may refuse to take a polygraph examination pursuant to [§ 709.3](/cfr/10/709.3.md) of this part, and a covered person being examined may terminate the examination at any time.
- (b) If a covered person terminates a polygraph examination prior to the completion of the examination, DOE may treat that termination as a refusal to complete a CI evaluation under [§ 709.14](/cfr/10/709.14.md) of this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2011, et seq., 7101, et seq., 7144b, et seq., 7383h-1; 50 U.S.C. 2401, et seq.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 57392, Sept. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.