[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: 5CFR315.701]

[Page 165]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 315_CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart G_Conversion to Career or Career-Conditional Employment From 
                        Other Types of Employment
 
Sec. 315.701  Incumbents of positions brought into the competitive service.


    (a) Employee coverage. This section applies to an employee retained 
under Sec. Sec. 316.701 and 316.702 of this chapter who:
    (1) Was serving in a permanent excepted position under an 
appointment not limited to 1 year or less, or in a public or private 
enterprise in a position which the agency determines to be a continuing 
one, at the time his position was brought into the competitive service; 
and
    (2) Performed 6 months of satisfactory service immediately before 
the date his position was brought into the competitive service, in a 
position or positions brought into the competitive service, or in the 
civilian executive branch of the Government, unless OPM has excepted his 
particular type of case from this requirement.
    (b) Eligibility for conversion. Within the time limits set forth in 
paragraph (c) of this section, the employment of an employee covered by 
paragraph (a) of this section may be converted to career or career-
conditional employment.
    (c) Time limits. Conversion may be initiated under paragraph (b) of 
this section only within 6 months after the position is brought into the 
competitive service, except that:
    (1) When it is necessary for OPM to determine that Sec. 316.701 or 
Sec. 316.702 applies to a group of positions, the recommendation shall 
be submitted within 6 months after OPM advises the agency of its 
determination; and
    (2) When an employee is absent on an assignment to an organization 
or agency from which reemployment rights are provided under part 352 of 
this chapter or by statute, the conversion shall be initiated within 6 
months after the employee's return from such assignment, when 
reemployment occurs within the time limits prescribed in the applicable 
statute or regulation;
    (3) When an employee is absent on approved leave without pay, the 
conversion shall be initiated within 6 months of the employee's return 
to duty, when such return occurs within time limits authorized by the 
agency; and
    (4) When an employee who is serving on military duty or who is 
separated and rehired during the 6-month period after the position is 
brought into the competitive service is eligible for conversion under 
the provisions of Sec. 315.603, the conversion shall be initiated 
within the time limits prescribed by that section.
    (d) Tenure on approval of conversion. Upon conversion under 
paragraph (b) of this section, the employee becomes:
    (1) A career-conditional employee, except as provided in paragraph 
(b)(2) of this section;
    (2) A career employee when he has completed the service requirement 
for career tenure or is excepted from it by Sec. 315.201(c).
    (e) Acquisition of competitive status. A person whose employment is 
converted to career or career-conditional employment under this section 
acquires a competitive status automatically on completion of probation.
    (f) Review of disapproved conversions. Agencies shall establish 
procedures for reviewing disapprovals of conversions under this section 
when such review is requested within 6 months after the date of the 
disapproval.

[33 FR 12418, Sept. 4, 1968, as amended at 43 FR 34428, Aug. 4, 1978; 66 
FR 66710, Dec. 27, 2001]