[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: 5CFR6.3]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 6_EXCEPTIONS FROM THE COMPETITIVE SERVICE 
(RULE VI)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 6.3  Method of filling excepted positions and status
of incumbents.

    (a) The head of an agency may fill excepted positions by the 
appointment of persons without civil service eligibility or competitive 
status and such persons shall not acquire competitive status by reason 
of such appointment: Provided, That OPM, in its discretion, may by 
regulation prescribe conditions under which excepted positions may be 
filled in the same manner as competitive positions are filled and 
conditions under which persons so appointed may acquire a competitive 
status in accordance with the Civil Service Rules and Regulations.
    (b) To the extent permitted by law and the provisions of this part, 
appointments and position changes in the excepted service shall be made 
in accordance with such regulations and practices as the head of the 
agency concerned finds necessary.