---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 48.615"
title: "38"
number: "48.615"
heading: "Conviction."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/48.615"
---

# §48.615. Conviction.


Conviction means a finding of guilt (including a plea of nolo contendere) or imposition of sentence, or both, by any judicial body charged with the responsibility to determine violations of the Federal or State criminal drug statutes.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 701, et seq.; 38 U.S.C 501

### Source

Source: 68 FR 66557, 66619, 66620, Nov. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted.