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Subpart C—Career or Career-Conditional Employment From Registers

§ 315.301 Tenure on appointment from register.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, an eligible appointed from a register for other than temporary or term employment becomes a career-conditional employee.

(b) An eligible appointed from a register for other than temporary or term employment becomes a career employee when he is excepted from the service requirement for career tenure by § 315.201(c).

§ 315.302 Acquisition of competitive status.

An employee appointed as provided in § 315.301 acquires a competitive status automatically on completion of probation.