---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 73.702"
title: "45"
number: "73.702"
heading: "Responsibility for reporting allegations of misconduct."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/73.702"
---

# §73.702. Responsibility for reporting allegations of misconduct.


An employee who has information that the employee reasonably believes indicates the existence of an activity constituting:

- (a) A possible violation of a rule or regulation of the Department;
- (b) A possible violation of any noncriminal ethics statute or rule or regulation;
- (c) Mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, or abuse of authority; or
- (d) A substantial and specific danger to the public health and safety must immediately report this information to the employee's supervisor, any management official of the Department, or in the case of [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section and this [paragraph (d)](#d), directly to the Inspector General. This section does not cover employee grievances, equal employment opportunity complaints, classification appeals, or other matters for which a formal government-wide review system has been established by the Federal Government.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 7369, Jan. 23, 1981, as amended at 90 FR 40978, Aug. 22, 2025, unless otherwise noted.