---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 18.5"
title: "22"
number: "18.5"
heading: "Interpretative standards; advisory opinions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/18.5"
---

# §18.5. Interpretative standards; advisory opinions.

- (a) A determination that a former officer or employee of the Department violated 18 U.S.C. [207(a)](/usc/18/207.md?p=a), [(b)](/usc/18/207.md?p=b) or [(c)](/usc/18/207.md?p=c) will be made in conformance with the standards established in the interpretative regulations promulgated, either in interim or final form by the Office of Government Ethics and published at [5 CFR part 737](/cfr/5/part737.md).
- (b) Former officers and employees of the Department wanting to know whether a proposed course of conduct would be in conformity with the Act or the interpretive regulations thereunder may contact the Assistant Legal Adviser for Management to request an advisory opinion.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 18 U.S.C. 207, as amended, 92 Stat. 1864.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 2608, Jan. 12, 1981, unless otherwise noted.