[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: 5CFR315.904]

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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 I_Probation on Initial Appointment to a Supervisory or 
                           Managerial Position
 
Sec. 315.904  Basic requirement.

    (a) An employee is required to serve a probationary period 
prescribed by the agency upon initial appointment to a supervisory and/
or managerial position.
    (b) An employee is required to complete a single probationary period 
in a supervisory position and a single probationary period in a 
managerial position, regardless of the number of agencies, occupations, 
or positions in which the employee serves. However, an agency may by 
regulation provide for exceptions to the probationary period for 
managers who have satisfactorily completed a probationary period for 
supervisors when justified on the basis of performance and experience.
    (c) Employees who, as of the date this requirement is effective, are 
serving or have served in Federal civilian supervisory or managerial 
positions without time limitation, or in time-limited supervisory or 
managerial positions under an official assignment exceeding 120 days, 
are exempt from its provisions, except that supervisors who are assigned 
to managerial positions may, according to agency regulations, be 
required to serve a probationary period for managers.

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