[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR213.3201]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 213_EXCEPTED SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart C_Excepted Schedules
 
Sec. 213.3201  Positions other than those of a confidential or 
policy-determining character for which it is not practicable to hold 
a competitive examination.

    (a) Upon specific authorization by OPM, agencies may make 
appointments under this section to positions which are not of a 
confidential or policy-determining character, and which are not in the 
Senior Executive Service, for which it is impracticable to hold open 
competition or to apply usual competitive examining procedures. 
Appointments under this authority are subject to the basic qualification 
standards established by the Office of Personnel Management for the 
occupation and grade level. Positions filled under this authority are 
excepted from the competitive service and constitute Schedule B. For 
each authorization under this section, OPM shall assign a number from 
213.3202 through 213.3299 to be used by the appointing agency in 
recording appointments made under that authorization.
    (b) [Reserved]

[46 FR 20147, Apr. 3, 1981, as amended at 47 FR 57655, Dec. 28, 1982; 53 
FR 15353, Apr. 29, 1988]