[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: 5CFR338.601]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 338--QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS (GENERAL)--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart F--Age Requirements
 
Sec. 338.601  Prohibition of maximum-age requirements.


    A maximum-age requirement may not be applied in either competitive 
or

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noncompetitive examinations for positions in the competitive service 
except as provided by:
    (a) Section 3307 of title 5, United States Code; or
    (b) Public Law 93-259 which authorizes OPM to establish a maximum-
age requirement after determining that age is an occupational 
qualification necessary to the performance of the duties of the 
position.

[40 FR 42734, Sept. 16, 1975]