[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: 5CFR316.601]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 316_TEMPORARY AND TERM EMPLOYMENT--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart F_Appointment Without Competitive Examination in Rare Cases
 
Sec. 316.601  Appointment without competitive examination in rare cases.


    (a) An agency may make an appointment without competitive 
examination when:
    (1) The duties and compensation of the position are such, or 
qualified persons are so rare, that in the interest of good civil 
service administration the position cannot be filled through open 
competitive examination;
    (2) The person to be appointed meets all applicable qualification 
requirements for the position; and
    (3) The appointment is specifically authorized by the Office or is 
made under an agreement between the agency and the Office providing for 
such appointments.
    (b) A person appointed under paragraph (a) of this section does not 
acquire a competitive status on the basis of that appointment.
    (c) When a position filled under paragraph (a) of this section 
becomes vacant, the agency may fill the vacancy by another appointment 
under paragraph (a) of this section only if the conditions of paragraph 
(a)(3) of this section are again met.

[44 FR 55132, Sept. 25, 1979]