[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1214.502]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1214--SPACE FLIGHT--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart 1214.5--Mission Critical Space System Personnel Reliability 
                                 Program
 
Sec. 1214.502  Definitions.

    (a) Mission Critical Space Systems. The Space Shuttle and other 
critical space systems, including Space Station Freedom, designated 
Expendable Launch Vehicles (ELV's), designated payloads, Shuttle Carrier 
Aircraft and other designated resources that provide access to space. 
The Director of each NASA Installation will designate areas associated 
with these systems that are mission critical space systems areas.
    (b) Mission Critical Positions/Duties. Positions/duties which, if 
performed in a faulty, negligent, or malicious manner, could jeopardize 
mission critical space systems and/or delay a mission. While this 
regulation establishes suitability screening requirements which, if met, 
will allow unescorted access to mission critical space areas, compliance 
with the requirements does not authorize unescorted access to classified 
areas by Personnel Reliability Program (PRP) personnel who do not have 
security clearances.
    (c) Medical Authority. A NASA civil service or contract physician/
psychiatrist responsible for maintaining medical records, providing 
results of medical evaluations, and interpreting evaluations as they 
relate to reliable performance of mission-critical duties. The medical 
authority will coordinate evaluations with the investigatory authority.
    (d) Investigatory Authority. A NASA civil service or contract 
individual responsible for reviewing court, law enforcement (Civil, DOD, 
NASA, other Federal), and other official records and NASA screening 
plans/procedures records to provide evaluations, recommendations, and 
guidance to NASA organizations, supervisors, and PRP

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adjudicators on issuing, denying, or revoking eligibility for mission 
critical positions/duties.
    (e) Certification. The determination that an employee assigned to 
duties as described in Sec. 1214.505 of this part, is qualified to 
perform those duties, and that this employee has been found reliable in 
accordance with the adjudication guidelines set forth in Attachment B of 
NMI 8610.13.\1\
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    \1\ Copies may be obtained from NASA Headquarters (Code NA-2), 
Washington, DC 20546.
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