---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 905.3"
title: "22"
number: "905.3"
heading: "Separation for cause."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/905.3"
---

# §905.3. Separation for cause.


In separation for cause cases, the agency has the burden of establishing, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the proposed separation is for such cause as will promote the efficiency of the service.


## Notes

### Amendments

[50 FR 31356, Aug. 2, 1985]

### 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

[50 FR 31356, Aug. 2, 1985]