[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2, Parts 700 to 1199]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR731.601]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 731--SUITABILITY--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart F--Reemployment Eligibility
 
Sec. 731.601  Reemployment eligibility of certain former Federal employees.


    (a) Request for suitability determination. When an employee has been 
removed by an agency on charges (other than security or loyalty) or has 
resigned on learning the agency planned to prefer charges, or while 
charges were pending, the former employee may request OPM to determine 
his or her suitability for further employment in the competitive 
service. OPM shall consider the request only if the former employee:
    (1) Has completed any required probationary period;
    (2) Has basic eligibility for reinstatement; and
    (3) Includes a sworn statement with the request which sets forth 
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in detail the facts surrounding the removal or resignation.
    (b) Action by OPM. (1) OPM, after appropriate consideration, 
including any investigation OPM deems necessary, shall inform the former 
employee of his or her current suitability for employment in the 
competitive service.
    (2) If the former employee is found unsuitable and has had an 
opportunity to comment on the reasons for this finding, or has furnished 
comments to OPM, then OPM may cancel his or her reinstatement 
eligibility if that eligibility was obtained through fraud. In addition, 
OPM may prescribe a period of debarment from the competitive service not 
to exceed 3 years from the date of determination of unsuitability.