---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 905.2"
title: "22"
number: "905.2"
heading: "Disciplinary grievances."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/905.2"
---

# §905.2. Disciplinary grievances.


In grievances over disciplinary actions, the agency has the burden of establishing by a preponderance of the evidence that the disciplinary action was justified, provided, however, that in a grievance concerning suspension without pay pursuant to section 610(a)(3) of the Act, the Board's determination of the grievance shall be limited to:

- (a) Whether the required procedures have been followed; and
- (b) Whether there exists reasonable cause to believe a crime has been committed for which a sentence of imprisonment may be imposed and there is a nexus between the conduct and the efficiency of the Service.

  For this purpose, reasonable cause to believe that a member has committed a crime for which a sentence of imprisonment may be imposed shall be defined as a member of the Service having been convicted of, and sentence of imprisonment having been imposed for, a job-related crime.


## Notes

### Amendments

[56 FR 55459, Oct. 28, 1991]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 610 and 1106 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, Pub. L. 96-465 (22 U.S.C. 4010 and 4136), as amended.

### Amendments

[56 FR 55459, Oct. 28, 1991]