[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: 5CFR315.709]

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                    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. 315.709  Appointment for Persons With Disabilities.

    (a) Coverage. An employee appointed under Sec. 213.3102(u) of this 
chapter may have his or her appointment converted to a career or career-
conditional appointment when he or she:
    (1) Completes 2 or more years of satisfactory service, without a 
break of more than 30 days, under a nontemporary appointment under Sec. 
213.3102(u);
    (2) Is recommended for such conversion by his or her supervisor;
    (3) Meets all requirements and conditions governing career and 
career-conditional appointment except those requirements concerning 
competitive selection from a register and medical qualifications; and
    (4) Is converted without a break in service of one workday.
    (b) Tenure on conversion. An employee converted under paragraph (a) 
of this section becomes:
    (1) A career-conditional employee, except as provided in paragraph 
(b)(2) of this section; or
    (2) A career employee if he or she has completed 3 years of 
substantially continuous service in a temporary appointment under Sec. 
213.3102(u) of this chapter, or has otherwise completed

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the service requirement for career tenure, or is excepted from it by 
Sec. 315.201(c).
    (c) 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 conversion.

[71 FR 42245, July 26, 2006]