[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: 5CFR319.203]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 319--EMPLOYMENT IN SENIOR-LEVEL AND SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart B--Position Allocations and Establishment
 
Sec. 319.203  Establishment of positions.

    (a) Prior approval of OPM is not required to establish individual SL 
and ST positions within an allocation, but the positions must be 
established in accordance with the standards and procedures in paragraph 
(b) of this section. OPM reserves the right to require the prior 
approval of individual positions if the agency is not in compliance with 
these standards and procedures.
    (b) Before an SL or ST position may be established, an agency must:
    (1) Prepare a description of the duties, responsibilities, and 
supervisory relationships of the position; and
    (2) Determine, consistent with published position classification 
standards

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and guides and accepted classification principles, that the position is 
properly classified above GS-15. In addition, for an ST position an 
agency must determine that the position meets the functional research 
and development criteria described in Sec. 319.103.