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Title 5Administrative PersonnelPart / Section
Chapter IOffice of Personnel Management1 – 1199
Subchapter BCivil Service Regulations110 – 990
Part 315Career and Career-Conditional Employment315.201 – 315.909
Subpart A [Reserved]
Subpart BThe Career-Conditional Employment System315.201 – 315.202
§ 315.201Service requirement for career tenure.
§ 315.202Conversion from career-conditional to career tenure.
Subpart CCareer or Career-Conditional Employment From Registers315.301 – 315.302
§ 315.301Tenure on appointment from register.
§ 315.302Acquisition of competitive status.
Subpart DCareer or Career-Conditional Employment by Reinstatement315.401 – 315.403
§ 315.401Reinstatement.
§ 315.402Tenure on reinstatement.
§ 315.403Acquisition of competitive status.
Subpart ECareer or Career-Conditional Employment by Transfer315.501 – 315.503
§ 315.501Transfer.
§ 315.502Tenure on transfer.
§ 315.503Acquisition of competitive status.
Subpart FCareer or Career-Conditional Appointment Under Special Authorities315.601 – 315.614
Subpart GConversion to Career or Career-Conditional Employment From Other Types of Employment315.701 – 315.725
Subpart H [Reserved]
Subpart IProbation on Initial Appointment to a Supervisory or Managerial Position315.901 – 315.909