[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: 5CFR317.502]

[Page 183]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 317--EMPLOYMENT IN THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart E--Career Appointments
 
Sec. 317.502  Qualifications Review Board certification.

    (a) A Qualification Review Board (QRB) convened by OPM must certify 
the executive/managerial qualifications of a candidate before initial 
career appointment may be made to an SES position. More than one-half of 
the members of a QRB must be SES career appointees.
    (b) Agency requests for certification of a candidate by a QRB must 
contain such information as prescribed by OPM, including evidence that 
merit staffing procedures were followed and that the appointing 
authority has certified the candidate's qualifications for the position.
    (c) Qualifications Review Board certification of executive 
qualifications just be based on demonstrated executive experience; 
successful completion of an OPM-approved candidate development program; 
or possession of special or unique qualities that indicate a likelihood 
of executive success. Any existing time limit on a previously approved 
certification is removed.
    (d) OPM may determine the disposition of agency QRB requests where 
the QRB has not yet acted if the agency head leaves office or announces 
an intention to leave office, if the President has nominated a new 
agency head, or if there is a Presidential transition.
    (e) An action to convert a ``noncareer-type'' employee to a career 
SES appointment in the employee's current position or a successor to 
that position will not be forwarded to a QRB. A ``noncareer-type'' 
employee includes a noncareer SES appointee, a Schedule C appointee, or 
equivalent.
    (f) A new QRB certification is required for an individual to be 
reappointed as an SES career appointee following separation of the 
individual from an SES career appointment if:
    (1) The individual was removed during the SES probationary period 
for performance or disciplinary reasons; or
    (2) The individual completed an SES probationary period, or did not 
have to serve one, and was removed for a reason that made the individual 
ineligible for reinstatement to the SES under subpart G of this part.

[54 FR 9758, Mar. 8, 1989, as amended at 56 FR 170, Jan. 3, 1991; 60 FR 
6385, Feb. 2, 1995; 61 FR 46533, Sept. 4, 1996; 65 FR 33740, May 25, 
2000]