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 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—APR. 16, 1996 110 STAT. 4409 (4) It is further required that the statement provided to the examinee be signed by the employing office, or an employee or other representative of the employing office with authority to legally bind the employing office. The person signing the statement must not be a polygraph examiner unless the examiner is acting solely in the capacity of an employing office with respect to his or her own employees and does not conduct the examination. The standard would not be met, and the exemption would not apply if the person signing the statement is not authorized to legally bind the employ- ing office. (h) Polygraph tests administered pursuant to this exemption are subject to the limitations set forth in sections 8 and 10 of the EPPA, as discussed in sections 1.20, 1.22, 1.23, 1.24, 1.25, 1.26, and 1.35 of this part. As provided in these sections, the exemption will apply only if certain requirements are met. Failure to satisfy any of the specified requirements nullifies the statutory authority for polygraph test administration and may subject the employing office to remedial actions, as provided for in section 6(c) of the EPPA. SEC. 1.13 EXEMPTION OF EMPLOYING OFFICES AUTHORIZED TO MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE CON- TROLLED SUBSTANCES. (a) Section 7(f) of the EPPA, incorporated into the CAA by section 225(f) of the CAA, provides an exemption from the EPPA's general prohibition regarding the use of polygraph tests for employ- ers authorized to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance listed in schedule I, II, III, or IV of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. §812). This exemption permits the administration of polygraph tests, subject to the conditions set forth in sections 8 and 10 of the EPPA and sections 1.21, 1.22, 1.23, 1.24, 1.25, 1.26, and 1.35 of this part, to: (1) A prospective employee who would have direct access to the manufacture, storage, distribution, or sale of any such controlled substance; or (2) A current employee if the following conditions are met: (i) The test is administered in connection with an ongoing investigation of criminal or other misconduct involving, or potentially involving, loss or injury to the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of any such controlled substance by such employing office; and (ii) The employee had access to the person or property that is the subject of the investigation. (b)(1) The terms "manufacture", "distribute", "distribution", "dispense", "storage", and "sale", for the purposes of this exemption, are construed within the meaning of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. § 812 et seq.), as administered by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), United States Department of Justice. (2) The exemption in section 7(f) of the EPPA applies only to employing offices that are authorized by DEA to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance. Section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. §812) requires every person who manufactures, distributes, or dispenses siny controlled subst£ince to register with the Attorney General (i.e., with DEA). Common or contract carriers and warehouses whose possession of the controlled substance is in the usual course of their business or

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