10 C.F.R. § 26.23 Contractors and vendors.
Title 10 - Energy
(a) All contractor and vendor personnel performing activities within the scope of this part for a licensee must be subject to either the licensee's program relating to fitness for duty, or to a program, formally reviewed and approved by the licensee, which meets the requirements of this part. Written agreements between licensees and contractors or vendors for activities within the scope of this part must be retained for the life of the contract and will clearly show that— (1) The contractor or vendor is responsible to the licensee for adhering to the licensee's fitness-for-duty policy, or maintaining and adhering to an effective fitness-for-duty program; which meets the standards of this part; and (2) Personnel having been denied access or removed from activities within the scope of this part at any nuclear power plant for violations of a fitness-for-duty policy will not be assigned to work within the scope of this part without the knowledge and consent of the licensee. (b) Each licensee subject to this part shall assure that contractors whose own fitness-for-duty programs are relied on by the licensee adhere to an effective program, which meets the requirements of this part, and shall conduct audits pursuant to §26.80 for this purpose.
Title 10: Energy
PART 26—FITNESS FOR DUTY PROGRAMS
Program Elements and Procedures
§ 26.23 Contractors and vendors.
