[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: 42CFR24.9]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 24--SENIOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 24.9  Removal from the Service.

    (a) A member of the Service may be subject to disciplinary action, 
including removal from the Service, for substandard performance of duty 
as a member of the service, for misconduct, for reasons of national 
security or for other reasons as determined by the Secretary.
    (b) A member for whom disciplinary action is proposed is entitled 
to:
    (1) Written notice of the proposed action and the basis therefor;
    (2) A reasonable opportunity to answer the notice of proposed action 
both orally and in writing;
    (3) The right to be represented by an attorney or other 
representative in making such answer; and
    (4) A written decision on the proposal.
    (c) The decision may be made by an official with delegated authority 
to take such action, but in no case may the official be at a level below 
the head of the Operating Division where the member is assigned.
    (d) A member who is separated from the Service involuntarily and 
without cause and who, immediately prior to his appointment to the 
Service, was a career appointee in the civil service or the Senior 
Executive Service, may be

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appointed to a position in the competitive civil service at grade GS-15 
of the General Schedule. Such an appointment may be made by the 
Secretary or his/her designee without regard to the provisions of title 
5, U.S. Code regarding appointments in the civil service.
    (e) A member who is separated from the Service involuntarily and 
without cause and who, immediately prior to appointment to the Service, 
was not a career appointee in the civil service or the Senior Executive 
Service may be appointed to a position in the excepted civil service at 
grade GS-15 of the General Schedule for a period not to exceed two 
years.
    (f) There shall be no right to further review of the final decision 
on a disciplinary action. At his/her discretion, the Secretary may 
review an action taken under this section and may reduce, suspend, or 
overrule the action taken.
    (g) A member of the Service may be removed from the Service for such 
other reasons as may be prescribed by the Secretary.