[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR541.300]

[Page 186]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 541_DEFINING AND DELIMITING THE EXEMPTIONS FOR EXECUTIVE, 
 
                    Subpart D_Professional Employees
 
Sec. 541.300  General rule for professional employees.


    (a) The term ``employee employed in a bona fide professional 
capacity'' in section 13(a)(1) of the Act shall mean any employee:
    (1) Compensated on a salary or fee basis at a rate of not less than 
$455 per week (or $380 per week, if employed in American Samoa by 
employers other than the Federal Government), exclusive of board, 
lodging, or other facilities; and
    (2) Whose primary duty is the performance of work:
    (i) Requiring knowledge of an advanced type in a field of science or 
learning customarily acquired by a prolonged course of specialized 
intellectual instruction; or
    (ii) Requiring invention, imagination, originality or talent in a 
recognized field of artistic or creative endeavor.
    (b) The term ``salary basis'' is defined at Sec. 541.602; ``fee 
basis'' is defined at Sec. 541.605; ``board, lodging or other 
facilities'' is defined at Sec. 541.606; and ``primary duty'' is 
defined at Sec. 541.700.