[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: 5CFR333.202]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 333--RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION FOR TEMPORARY AND TERM APPOINTMENTS OUTSIDE THE REGISTER--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart B--Consideration for Appointment
 
Sec. 333.202  Making appointments from a numerically ranked list.

    (a) Establishing the list. An agency shall enter the names of all 
applicants having an eligible numerical score on the employment list in 
the following order:
    (1) Preference eligibles having a compensable service-connected 
disability of 10 percent or more in the order of their augmented 
ratings, unless the

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list will be used to fill professional positions at the GS-9 level and 
above, or equivalent.
    (2) All other qualified candidates in the order of their augmented 
ratings. At each score, qualified candidates eligible for 10-point 
preference will be entered ahead of those eligible for 5-point 
preference or those not eligible for veteran preference, and those 
eligible for 5-point preference will be entered ahead of those not 
eligible for preference.
    (b) Selection. When making an appointment from a list on which 
candidates have received numerical scores, the agency must make its 
selection from not more than the highest three names available for 
appointment in the order provided in paragraph (a) of this section, 
except that an agency is not required to--
    (1) Consider an applicant who has previously been considered three 
times by the same appointing officer for positions at the same grade 
level and for the same line of work;
    (2) Consider a preference eligible whose eligibility for further 
consideration for the position has been discontinued as provided in 
Sec. 333.203.

[53 FR 35294, Sept. 13, 1988, as amended at 56 FR 64470, Dec. 10, 1991]