[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 699]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR339.202]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 339--MEDICAL QUALIFICATION DETERMINATIONS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart B--Physical and Medical Qualifications
 
Sec. 339.202  Medical standards.

    OPM may establish or approve medical standards for a Governmentwide 
occupation (i.e., an occupation common to more than one agency). An 
agency may establish medical standards for positions that predominate in 
that agency (i.e., where the agency has 50 percent or more of the 
positions in a particular occupation). Such standards must be justified 
on the basis that the duties of the position are arduous or hazardous, 
or require a certain level of health status or fitness because the 
nature of the positions involve a high degree of responsibility toward 
the public or sensitive national security concerns. The rationale for 
establishing the standard must be documented. Standards established by 
OPM or an agency must be:
    (a) Established by written directive and uniformly applied,
    (b) Directly related to the actual requirements of the position, and
    (c) Consistent with OPM instructions published in FPM chapter 339.