---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 414.7"
title: "14"
number: "414.7"
heading: "Eligibility."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/414.7"
---

# §414.7. Eligibility.

- (a) **There is no citizenship requirement to obtain a safety element approval.**
- (b) You may be eligible for a safety element approval if you are—
  - (1) A designer, manufacturer, or operator of a launch or reentry vehicle or component thereof;
  - (2) The designer or developer of a safety system or process; or
  - (3) **Personnel who perform safety-critical functions in conducting a licensed launch or reentry.**
- (c) A safety element approval applicant must have sufficient knowledge and expertise to show that the design and operation of the safety element for which safety element approval is sought qualify for a safety element approval.
- (d) **Only the safety elements defined under this part are eligible for a safety element approval.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 51 U.S.C. 50901-50923.

### Source

Source: Doc. No. FAA-2019-0229, Amdt. 414-4, 85 FR 79711, Dec. 10, 2020, unless otherwise noted.