[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1031.12]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1031_COMMISSION PARTICIPATION AND COMMISSION EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT 
IN VOLUNTARY STANDARDS ACTIVITIES--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B_Employee Involvement
 
Sec.  1031.12  Membership criteria.

    (a) The Commissioners, their special assistants, and Commission 
officials and employees holding the positions listed below, may not 
become members of a voluntary standards group because they either have 
the responsibility for making final decisions, or advise those who make 
final decisions, on whether to rely on a voluntary standard, promulgate 
a consumer product safety standard, or to take other action to prevent 
or reduce an unreasonable risk of injury associated with a product.
    (1) The Commissioners;
    (2) The Commissioners' Special Assistants;
    (3) The General Counsel and General Counsel Staff;
    (4) The Executive Director, the Deputy Executive Director, and 
Special Assistants to the Executive Director;
    (5) The Associate Executive Directors and Office Directors;
    (6) The Assistant Executive Director of the Office of Hazard 
Identification and Reduction, the Deputy Assistant Executive Director of 
the Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction and any Special 
Assistants to the Assistant Executive Director of that office.
    (b) All other officials and employees not covered under Sec.  
1031.12(a) may be advisory, non-voting members of voluntary standards 
development and advisory groups with the advance approval of the 
Executive Director. In particular, the Commission's Voluntary Standards 
Coordinator may accept such membership.
    (c) Commission employees or officials who have the approval of the 
Executive Director to accept membership in a voluntary standards 
organization or group pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section shall 
apprise the General Counsel and the Voluntary Standards Coordinator 
prior to their acceptance.
    (d) Commission officials or employees who desire to become a member 
of a voluntary standards body or group in their individual capacity must 
obtain prior approval of the Commission's Ethics Counselor for an 
outside activity pursuant to the Commission's Employee Standards of 
Conduct, 16 CFR part 1030.