[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: 5CFR315.702]

[Page 161]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 315--CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart G--Conversion to Career or Career-Conditional Employment From 
                        Other Types of Employment
 
Sec. 315.702  Employees serving without competitive examination in rare cases.

    (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 Sec. 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 Sec. 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.