---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 709.25"
title: "10"
number: "709.25"
heading: "Limits on use of polygraph examination results that reflect “Significant Response” or “No Opinion”."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/709.25"
---

# §709.25. Limits on use of polygraph examination results that reflect “Significant Response” or “No Opinion”.


DOE or its contractors may not:

- (a) Take an adverse personnel action against a covered person or make an adverse access recommendation solely on the basis of a polygraph examination result of “significant response” or “no opinion”; or
- (b) Use a polygraph examination that reflects “significant response” or “no opinion” as a substitute for any other required investigation.

## 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.