[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR21.47]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 21--COMMISSIONED OFFICERS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B--Appointment
 
Sec. 21.47  Examination; anticipation of meeting qualifications.

    A potential candidate for appointment in any grade in the Regular 
Corps may be examined within a period of nine months prior to the date 
upon which it is anticipated that he will qualify for appointment under 
this subpart. Upon successful completion of the examination, his name 
will be entered on a merit roll. In the event that his name, in order of 
relative standing among all candidates, precedes that of fully qualified 
candidates, his name, for purpose of appointment, shall be passed over 
in favor of fully qualified candidates until such time as he becomes 
fully qualified, but in no event shall he otherwise lose his relative 
standing on the merit roll, except as provided in Sec. 21.46. If the 
candidate fails to qualify for appointment at the time that it was 
anticipated that he would qualify, his name shall be removed from the 
merit roll.

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               Provisions Applicable Only to Reserve Corps