diff --git a/src/process/validation/rules/__tests__/fixtures/components.ts b/src/process/validation/rules/__tests__/fixtures/components.ts
index 16c19723..f39f5137 100644
--- a/src/process/validation/rules/__tests__/fixtures/components.ts
+++ b/src/process/validation/rules/__tests__/fixtures/components.ts
@@ -204,6 +204,14 @@ export const simpleRadioField: RadioComponent = {
     input: true,
 };
 
+export const simpleCheckBoxField = {
+    label: 'Checkbox',
+    tableView: true,
+    key: 'component',
+    type: 'checkbox',
+    input: true,
+};
+
 export const hiddenRequiredField: HiddenComponent = {
     type: 'hidden',
     key: 'someData',
@@ -234,4 +242,4 @@ export const requiredNonInputField: any = {
     validate: {
         required: true
     }
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/src/process/validation/rules/__tests__/validateRequired.test.ts b/src/process/validation/rules/__tests__/validateRequired.test.ts
index 7e57b2a9..0ae84619 100644
--- a/src/process/validation/rules/__tests__/validateRequired.test.ts
+++ b/src/process/validation/rules/__tests__/validateRequired.test.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,18 @@ import { expect } from 'chai';
 
 import { FieldError } from 'error';
 import { validateRequired } from '../validateRequired';
-import { conditionallyHiddenRequiredHiddenField, hiddenRequiredField, requiredNonInputField, simpleTextField } from './fixtures/components';
+import {
+    conditionallyHiddenRequiredHiddenField,
+    hiddenRequiredField,
+    requiredNonInputField,
+    simpleTextField,
+    simpleSelectBoxes,
+    simpleRadioField,
+    simpleCheckBoxField,
+} from './fixtures/components';
 import { processOne } from 'processes/processOne';
 import { generateProcessorContext } from './fixtures/util';
-import { ProcessorsContext, ValidationScope } from 'types';
+import { ProcessorsContext, SelectBoxesComponent, ValidationScope } from 'types';
 import { validateAllProcess, validateProcessInfo } from 'processes/validation';
 
 it('Validating a simple component that is required and not present in the data will return a field error', async () => {
@@ -116,7 +124,7 @@ it('Should not validate a non input comonent', async () => {
     expect(context.scope.errors.length).to.equal(0);
 });
 
-it('Should validate a conditionally hidden compoentn with validateWhenHidden flag set to true', async () => {
+it('Should validate a conditionally hidden component with validateWhenHidden flag set to true', async () => {
     const component = {...simpleTextField};
     component.validate = { required: true };
     component.validateWhenHidden = true;
@@ -132,3 +140,66 @@ it('Should validate a conditionally hidden compoentn with validateWhenHidden fla
     expect(context.scope.errors.length).to.equal(1);
     expect(context.scope.errors[0] && context.scope.errors[0].errorKeyOrMessage).to.equal('required');
 });
+
+it('Validating a simple radio component that is required and present in the data with value set to false will return null', async () => {
+    const component = { ...simpleRadioField, validate: { required: true }, values: [
+        {
+            label: 'Yes',
+            value: 'true',
+        },
+        {
+            label: 'No',
+            value: 'false',
+        }] };
+    const data = { component: false };
+    const context = generateProcessorContext(component, data);
+    const result = await validateRequired(context);
+    expect(result).to.equal(null);
+});
+
+
+it('Validating a simple selectbox that is required and present in the data with value set to 0 will return null', async () => {
+    const component = { ...simpleSelectBoxes, validate: { required: true }, values: [
+        {
+            label: 'true',
+            value: 'true',
+        },
+        {
+            label: 'Null',
+            value: '0',
+        }] };
+    const data = { component: 0 };
+    const context = generateProcessorContext(component, data);
+    const result = await validateRequired(context);
+    expect(result).to.equal(null);
+});
+
+it('Validating a simple selectbox that is required and present in the data with value set to false will return a FieldError', async () => {
+    const component: SelectBoxesComponent = { ...simpleSelectBoxes, validate: { required: true }, values: [
+        {
+            label: 'true',
+            value: 'true',
+        },
+        {
+            label: 'false',
+            value: 'false',
+        }]
+    };
+    const data = {
+        component: {
+            true: false,
+            false: false
+        }
+    };
+    const context = generateProcessorContext(component, data);
+    const result = await validateRequired(context);
+    expect(result).to.be.instanceOf(FieldError);
+});
+
+it('Validating a simple checkbox that is required and present in the data with value set to false will return a FieldError', async () => {
+    const component = { ...simpleCheckBoxField, validate: { required: true } };
+    const data = { component: false };
+    const context = generateProcessorContext(component, data);
+    const result = await validateRequired(context);
+    expect(result).to.be.instanceOf(FieldError);
+});
diff --git a/src/process/validation/rules/validateRequired.ts b/src/process/validation/rules/validateRequired.ts
index 565d2219..96fb872e 100644
--- a/src/process/validation/rules/validateRequired.ts
+++ b/src/process/validation/rules/validateRequired.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,57 @@
 import { FieldError } from 'error';
-import { AddressComponentDataObject, RuleFn, RuleFnSync, ValidationContext } from 'types';
+import {
+    AddressComponentDataObject,
+    RuleFn,
+    RuleFnSync,
+    ValidationContext,
+    AddressComponent,
+    DayComponent
+} from 'types';
 import { isEmptyObject } from '../util';
 import { ProcessorInfo } from 'types/process/ProcessorInfo';
 
+const isAddressComponent = (component: any): component is AddressComponent => {
+    return component.type === 'address';
+}
+
+const isDayComponent = (component: any): component is DayComponent => {
+    return component.type === 'day';
+}
+
 const isAddressComponentDataObject = (value: any): value is AddressComponentDataObject => {
     return value !== null && typeof value === 'object' && value.mode && value.address && typeof value.address === 'object';
 }
 
+// Checkboxes and selectboxes consider false to be falsy, whereas other components with
+// settable values (e.g. radio, select, datamap, container, etc.) consider it truthy
+const isComponentThatCannotHaveFalseValue = (component: any): boolean => {
+    return component.type === 'checkbox' || component.type === 'selectboxes'
+}
+
+const valueIsPresent = (value: any, considerFalseTruthy: boolean): boolean => {
+    // Evaluate for 3 out of 6 falsy values ("", null, undefined), don't check for 0
+    // and only check for false under certain conditions
+    if (value === null || value === undefined || value === "" || (!considerFalseTruthy && value === false)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    // Evaluate for empty object
+    else if (isEmptyObject(value)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    // Evaluate for empty array
+    else if (Array.isArray(value) && value.length === 0) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    // Recursively evaluate
+    else if (typeof value === 'object') {
+        return Object.values(value).some((val) => valueIsPresent(val, considerFalseTruthy));
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 export const shouldValidate = (context: ValidationContext) => {
     const { component } = context;
-    if (component.validate?.required) {
+    if (component.validate?.required && !component.hidden) {
         return true;
     }
     return false;
@@ -25,25 +67,16 @@ export const validateRequiredSync: RuleFnSync = (context: ValidationContext) =>
     if (!shouldValidate(context)) {
         return null;
     }
-    if (
-        (value === null || value === undefined || isEmptyObject(value) || (!!value === false && value !== 0)) &&
-        !component.hidden
-    ) {
-        return error;
-    }
-    else if (Array.isArray(value) && value.length === 0) {
-        return error;
-    }
-    else if (component.type === 'address' && isAddressComponentDataObject(value)) {
+    if (isAddressComponent(component) && isAddressComponentDataObject(value)) {
         return isEmptyObject(value.address) ? error : Object.values(value.address).every((val) => !!val) ? null : error;
     }
-    else if (component.type === 'day' && value === '00/00/0000') {
+    else if (isDayComponent(component) && value === '00/00/0000') {
         return error;
     }
-    else if (typeof value === 'object' && value !== null) {
-        return Object.values(value).some((val) => !!val) ? null : error;
+    else if (isComponentThatCannotHaveFalseValue(component)) {
+        return !valueIsPresent(value, false) ? error : null;
     }
-    return null;
+    return !valueIsPresent(value, true) ? error : null;
 };
 
 export const validateRequiredInfo: ProcessorInfo<ValidationContext, FieldError | null>  = {
diff --git a/src/types/Component.ts b/src/types/Component.ts
index c050eb8d..63ebfebe 100644
--- a/src/types/Component.ts
+++ b/src/types/Component.ts
@@ -328,16 +328,30 @@ export type ListComponent = BaseComponent & {
     valueProperty?: string;
 };
 
-export type RadioComponent = ListComponent & {
+type StaticValuesRadioComponent = ListComponent & {
     values: { label: string; value: string; shortcut?: string }[];
-    data?: {
-        url?: string;
+    dataSrc?: "values";
+    fieldSet?: boolean;
+    optionsLabelPosition?: string;
+    inline?: boolean;
+};
+
+type UrlValuesRadioComponent = ListComponent & {
+    data: {
+        url: string;
+        headers: {
+            key: string;
+            value: string;
+        }[];
     };
+    dataSrc: 'url';
     fieldSet?: boolean;
     optionsLabelPosition?: string;
     inline?: boolean;
 };
 
+export type RadioComponent = StaticValuesRadioComponent | UrlValuesRadioComponent;
+
 export type RecaptchaComponent = BaseComponent;
 
 type StaticValuesSelectData = {