[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR40.10]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 40--DOMESTIC LICENSING OF SOURCE MATERIAL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 40.10  Deliberate misconduct.

    (a) Any licensee, applicant for a license, employee of a licensee or 
applicant; or any contractor (including a supplier or consultant), 
subcontractor, employee of a contractor or subcontractor of any licensee 
or applicant for a license, who knowingly provides to any licensee, 
applicant, contractor, or subcontractor, any components, equipment, 
materials, or other goods or services that relate to a licensee's or 
applicant's activities in this part, may not:
    (1) Engage in deliberate misconduct that causes or would have 
caused, if not detected, a licensee or applicant to be in violation of 
any rule, regulation, or order; or any term, condition, or limitation of 
any license issued by the Commission; or
    (2) Deliberately submit to the NRC, a licensee, an applicant, or a 
licensee's or applicant's contractor or subcontractor, information that 
the person submitting the information knows to be incomplete or 
inaccurate in some respect material to the NRC.

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    (b) A person who violates paragraph (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section 
may be subject to enforcement action in accordance with the procedures 
in 10 CFR part 2, subpart B.
    (c) For the purposes of paragraph (a)(1) of this section, deliberate 
misconduct by a person means an intentional act or omission that the 
person knows:
    (1) Would cause a licensee or applicant to be in violation of any 
rule, regulation, or order; or any term, condition, or limitation, of 
any license issued by the Commission; or
    (2) Constitutes a violation of a requirement, procedure, 
instruction, contract, purchase order, or policy of a licensee, 
applicant, contractor, or subcontractor.

[63 FR 1896, Jan. 13, 1998]

                               Exemptions