---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 709.23"
title: "10"
number: "709.23"
heading: "Obtaining consent to a polygraph examination."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/709.23"
---

# §709.23. Obtaining consent to a polygraph examination.


DOE may not administer a polygraph examination unless DOE:

- (a) Notifies the covered person of the polygraph examination in writing in accordance with [§ 709.21](/cfr/10/709.21.md) of this part; and
- (b) **Obtains written consent from the covered person prior to the polygraph examination.**

## 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.