5 CFR 315.702
§ 315.702 Employees serving without competitive examination in rare cases.
United States · 5 CFR — Administrative Personnel · Status: effective
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- 5 CFR 315.702, § 315.702 Employees serving without competitive examination in rare cases, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/5780
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(a) Recommendation by agency. An agency may recommend to OPM that the employment of an employee who has completed at least 1 year of satisfactory service under § 316.601 be converted to career or career-conditional employment.
(b) Tenure on approval of recommendation. When OPM approves the agency's recommendation submitted under paragraph (a) of this section, the employee becomes:
(1) A career-conditional employee, except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of this section;
(2) A career employee when he has completed the service requirement for career tenure or is excepted from it by § 315.201(c).
(c) Acquisition of competitive status. A person whose employment is converted to career or career-conditional employment under this section acquires a competitive status automatically on conversion.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.