[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: 5CFR317.605]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 317_EMPLOYMENT IN THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE--
Table of Contents
 
              Subpart F_Noncareer and Limited Appointments
 
Sec. 317.605  Tenure of appointees.

    (a) A noncareer or limited appointee does not acquire status within 
the Senior Executive Service on the basis of the appointment.
    (b) An agency may terminate a noncareer or limited appointment at 
any time, unless a limited appointee is covered under 5 CFR 
752.601(c)(2). The agency must give the noncareer or limited appointee a 
written notice at least 1 day prior to the effective date of the 
removal.
    (c) The employment of a limited appointee ends automatically on the 
expiration of the appointment if the appointment has not been terminated 
earlier.
    (d) An employee: (1) Who received a limited appointment without a 
break of service in the same agency as the one in which the employee 
held a career or career conditional appointment (or an appointment of 
equivalent tenure) in a permanent civil service position outside the 
Senior Executive Service, and
    (2) Whose limited appointment is terminated for reasons other than 
misconduct, neglect of duty, or malfeasance, shall be entitled to be 
placed in his/her former position or a position of like status, tenure, 
and grade.

[45 FR 62414, Sept. 19, 1980, as amended at 60 FR 6386, Feb. 2, 1995]