[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 5, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 5CFR3.3] [Page 10] TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PART 3--NONCOMPETITIVE ACQUISITION OF STATUS (RULE III)--Table of Contents Sec. 3.3 Conversion of appointments. Any person who acquires a competitive status under this part shall have his appointment converted to career-conditional appointment unless he meets the service requirement for career appointment prescribed under Sec. 2.2(a) of this subchapter.