[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: 5CFR319.203]

[Page 191]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 319_EMPLOYMENT IN SENIOR-LEVEL AND SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL 
POSITIONS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart B_Position Allocations and Establishment
 
Sec. 319.203  Establishment of positions.

    (a) Prior approval of OPM is not required to establish individual SL 
and ST positions within an allocation, but the positions must be 
established in accordance with the standards and procedures in paragraph 
(b) of this section. OPM reserves the right to require the prior 
approval of individual positions if the agency is not in compliance with 
these standards and procedures.
    (b) Before an SL or ST position may be established, an agency must:
    (1) Prepare a description of the duties, responsibilities, and 
supervisory relationships of the position; and
    (2) Determine, consistent with published position classification 
standards and guides and accepted classification principles, that the 
position is properly classified above GS-15. In addition, for an ST 
position an agency must determine that the position meets the functional 
research and development criteria described in Sec. 319.103.