[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: 5CFR293.511]

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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. 293.511  Retention schedule.

    (a) Temporary EMFS records must not be placed in a newly-created EMF 
for a separating employee and must be removed from an already existing 
EMF before its transfer to another agency or to the NPRC. Such records 
must be disposed of in accordance with General Records Schedule (GRS) 1, 
item 21, issued by the National Archives and Records Administration 
(NARA).
    (b) Occupational Medical Records considered to be long-term records 
must be maintained for the duration of employment, plus 30 years or for 
as long as the OPF is maintained, whichever is longer. Therefore, upon 
separation, the records must be provided to the employee's new agency, 
or they must be transferred to the NPRC, which will dispose of them in 
accordance with GRS 1, item 21, issued by NARA.