CFR > Title 10 - Energy > CHAPTER III—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY > PART 709—COUNTERINTELLIGENCE EVALUATION PROGRAM > SUBPART B—CI Evaluation Protocols and Protection of National Security (§709.10 to §709.17) > 709.13—Implications of refusal to take a polygraph examination.

709.13—Implications of refusal to take a polygraph examination.

(a) Subject to § 709.14 of this part, a covered person may refuse to take a polygraph examination pursuant to § 709.3 of this part, and a covered person being examined may terminate the examination at any time.
(b) If a covered person terminates a polygraph examination prior to the completion of the examination, DOE may treat that termination as a refusal to complete a CI evaluation under § 709.14 of this part.