[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: 5CFR300.604]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 300_EMPLOYMENT (GENERAL)--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart F_Time-In-Grade Restrictions
 
Sec. 300.604  Restrictions.

    The following time-in-grade restrictions must be met unless 
advancement is permitted by Sec. 300.603(b) of this part:
    (a) Advancement to positions at GS-12 and above. Candidates for 
advancement to a position at GS-12 and above must have completed a 
minimum of 52 weeks in positions no more than one grade lower (or 
equivalent) than the position to be filled.
    (b) Advancement to positions at GS-6 through GS-11. Candidates for 
advancement to a position at GS-6 through GS-11 must have completed a 
minimum of 52 weeks in positions:
    (1) No more than two grades lower (or equivalent) when the position 
to be filled is in a line of work properly classified at 2-grade 
intervals; or
    (2) No more than one grade lower (or equivalent) when the position 
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filled is in a line of work properly classified at 1-grade intervals; or
    (3) No more than one or two grades lower (or equivalent), as 
determined by the agency, when the position to be filled is in a line of 
work properly classified at 1-grade intervals but has a mixed interval 
promotion pattern.
    (c) Advancement to positions up to GS-5. Candidates may be advanced 
without time restriction to positions up to GS-5 if the position to be 
filled is no more than two grades above the lowest grade the employee 
held within the preceding 52 weeks under his or her latest nontemporary 
competitive appointment.