[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR293.510]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 293_PERSONNEL RECORDS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart E_Employee Medical File System Records
 
Sec. 293.510  Disposition of Employee Medical Folders.

    (a) When an employee transfers to another Federal agency, the EMF 
must be transferred to the gaining agency at the same time as the 
employee's OPF. The EMF is to be addressed only to the gaining agency's 
designated manager (medical, health, safety, or personnel officer, or 
other designee) of the EMFS.
    (b) When an employee is separated from the Federal service, the EMF 
must be forwarded to the NPRC with the OPF, using the instructions in 
Sec. 293.307 of this part.
    (c) When a former Federal employee is re-employed by an agency, and 
that agency believes that an EMF exists, either at the last employing 
agency or at the NPRC, the agency will request the EMF, but no sooner 
than 30 days after the date of the new appointment. No EMFs will be 
routinely retrieved during the initial review process (as is done with 
the OPF) except when authority exists for the agency to require

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a medical evaluation prior to reaching a decision on employability. EMFs 
are to be transferred by the NPRC only to the agency-designated manager 
(medical, health, safety, or personnel, or other designee) shown on the 
request form.