Section He-P 4038.08 - Access Authorization Program Requirements(a) Licensees shall implement the requirements of He-P 4038.07 through He-P 4038.13 for granting initial or reinstated unescorted access authorization.(b) Individuals who have been determined to be trustworthy and reliable shall also complete the security training required by He-P 4038.15(c) before being allowed unescorted access to category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive material.(c) Reviewing officials are the only individuals who may make trustworthiness and reliability determinations that allow individuals to have unescorted access to category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive materials possessed by the licensee.(d) Each licensee shall name one or more individuals to be reviewing officials. After completing the background investigation on the reviewing official, the licensee shall provide under oath or affirmation, a certification that the reviewing official is deemed trustworthy and reliable by the licensee. Provide oath or affirmation certifications to DHHS/RHS. The fingerprints of the named reviewing official must be taken by a law enforcement agency, Federal or state agencies that provide fingerprinting services to the public, or commercial fingerprinting services authorized by New Hampshire to take fingerprints. The licensee shall recertify that the reviewing official is deemed trustworthy and reliable every 10 years in accordance with He-P 4038.09(d) .(e) Reviewing official shall: (1) Be permitted to have unescorted access to category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive materials or access to safeguards information or safeguards information-modified handling, if the licensee possesses safeguards information or safeguards information-modified handling;(2) Not approve other individuals to act as reviewing officials;(3) Not need to undergo a new background investigation before being named by the licensee as the reviewing official if: a. The individual has undergone a background investigation that include fingerprinting and an FBI criminal history records check and has been previously determined to be trustworthy and reliable by the licensee; orb. The individual is subject to a category listed in He-P 4038.11(a) .(f) Licensees shall not initiate a background investigation without the informed and signed consent of the subject individual. This consent shall include authorization to share personal information with other individuals or organizations as necessary to complete the background investigation. Before a final adverse determination, the licensee shall provide the individual with an opportunity to correct any inaccurate or incomplete information that is developed during the background investigation. Licensees shall not need to obtain signed consent from those individuals that meet the requirements of He-P 4038.09(b) and (c) . A signed consent must be obtained prior to any reinvestigation.(g) The subject individual may withdraw his or her consent at any time. Licensees shall inform the individual that: (1) If an individual withdraws his or her consent, the licensee may not initiate any elements of the background investigation that were not in progress at the time the individual withdrew his or her consent; and(2) The withdrawal of consent for the background investigation is sufficient cause for denial or termination of unescorted access authorization.(h) Any individual who is applying for unescorted access authorization shall disclose the personal history information that is required by the licensee's access authorization program for the reviewing official to make a determination of the individual's trustworthiness and reliability. Refusal to provide, or the falsification of, any personal history information required by this He-P 4038.07 through He-P 4038.13 is sufficient cause for denial or termination of unescorted access.(i) The licensee shall: (1) Determine whether to permit, deny, unfavorably terminate, maintain, or administratively withdraw an individual's unescorted access authorization based on an evaluation of all of the information collected to meet the requirements of He-P 4038.07 through He-P 4038.13;(2) Not permit any individual to have unescorted access until the licensee has evaluated all of the information collected to meet the requirements of He-P 4038.07 through He-P 4038.13 and determined that the individual is trustworthy and reliable. The reviewing official may deny unescorted access to any individual based on information obtained at any time during the background investigation;(3) Document the basis for concluding whether or not there is reasonable assurance that an individual is trustworthy and reliable;(4) May terminate or administratively withdraw an individual's unescorted access authorization based on information obtained after the background investigation has been completed and the individual granted unescorted access authorization; and(5) Maintain a list of persons currently approved for unescorted access authorization. When a licensee determines that a person no longer requires unescorted access or meets the access authorization requirement, the licensee shall remove the person from the approved list as soon as possible, but no later than 7 working days, and take prompt measures to ensure that the individual is unable to have unescorted access to the material.(j) Licensees shall develop, implement, and maintain written procedures for implementing the access authorization program. The procedures shall include: (1) Provisions for the notification of individuals who are denied unescorted access. The procedures shall include provisions for the review, at the request of the affected individual, of a denial or termination of unescorted access authorization; and(2) Provision to ensure that the individual is informed of the grounds for the denial or termination of unescorted access authorization and allow the individual an opportunity to provide additional relevant information.(k) Prior to any final adverse determination, licensees shall provide: (1) Each individual subject to He-P 4038.07 through He-P 4038.13 with the right to complete, correct, and explain information obtained as a result of the licensee's background investigation;(2) A confirmation of receipt by the individual of this notification to be maintained by the licensee for a period of 1 year from the date of the notification;(3) Each individual with an opportunity to make revisions, corrections, updates to, or explanations of information in his or her criminal history record, if the individual believes it is incorrect or incomplete in any respect. The individual may initiate challenge procedures to change, correct, update, or explain anything in the record. The individual may initiate a challenge which shall include: a. A direct application by the individual challenging the record to the law enforcement agency that contributed the questioned information or a direct challenge as to the accuracy or completeness of any entry on the criminal history record to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, ATTN: SCU, Mod. D-2, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, WV 26306 as set forth in 28 CFR 16.30 through 16.34. In the latter case, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will forward the challenge to the agency that submitted the data, and will request that the agency verify or correct the challenged entry; andb. Upon receipt of an official communication directly from the law enforcement agency that contributed the original information, the FBI Identification Division shall make any changes necessary in accordance with the information supplied by that law enforcement agency;(4) Provide at least 10 days for an individual to initiate action to challenge the results of an FBI criminal history records check after the record being made available for his or her review; and(5) Make a final adverse determination based upon the criminal history records shall be made only after receipt of the FBI's confirmation or correction of the record; and(l) The licensee shall retain: (1) Documentation regarding the trustworthiness and reliability of individual employees for 3 years from the date the individual no longer requires unescorted access to category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive material;(2) A copy of the current access authorization program procedures as a record for 3 years after the procedure is no longer needed. If any portion of the procedure is superseded, the licensee shall retain the superseded material for 3 years after the record is superseded; and(3) The list of persons approved for unescorted access authorization for 3 years after the list is superseded or replaced.N.H. Admin. Code § He-P 4038.08
Derived From Volume XXXVI Number 23, Filed June 9, 2016, Proposed by #11105, Effective 5/25/2016, Expires 5/25/2026.Amended by Volume XXXVI Number 49, Filed December 8, 2016, Proposed by #12055, Effective 11/19/2016, Expires 11/19/2026.Amended by Volume XXXIX Number 16, Filed April 18, 2019, Proposed by #12744, Effective 3/20/2019, Expires 3/20/2029.