5 C.F.R. § 315.709 Employees who are mentally retarded, severely physically handicapped, or have psychiatric disabilities serving under Schedule A appointments.
Title 5 - Administrative Personnel
Title 5: Administrative Personnel
PART 315—CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Subpart G—Conversion to Career or Career-Conditional Employment From Other Types of Employment
§ 315.709 Employees who are mentally retarded, severely physically handicapped, or have psychiatric disabilities serving under Schedule A appointments.
Link to an amendment published at 71 FR 42245, July 26, 2006.
(a) Coverage. Employees appointed under §§213.3102(t), (u), and (gg) of this chapter may have their appointments converted to career or career-conditional appointments when they:
(1) Complete 2 or more years of satisfactory service, without a break of more than 30 days, under nontemporary Schedule A appointments.
(2) Are recommended for conversion by their supervisors;
(3) Meet all requirements and conditions governing career and career-conditional appointment except those requirements concerning competitive selection from a register and medical qualifications; and
(4) Are converted without a break in service of one workday.
(b) Tenure on conversion. An employee converted under paragraph (a) of this section becomes:
(1) A career-conditional employee, except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of this section;
(2) A career employee if he or she has completed 3 years of substantially continuous service in nontemporary appointments under §§213.3102(t), (u), or (gg) of this chapter, or has otherwise 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.
[44 FR 66574, Nov. 20, 1979; 44 FR 72569, Dec. 14, 1979, as amended at 65 FR 41868, July 7, 2000]
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