[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 5]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR1214.502]



[Page 122]

 

                     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 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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