---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 1201.172"
title: "5"
number: "1201.172"
heading: "Organization of Special Panel; designation of members."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/1201.172"
---

# §1201.172. Organization of Special Panel; designation of members.

- (a) **A Special Panel is composed of—**
  - (1) A Chairman, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, whose term is six (6) years;
  - (2) One member of the Board, designated by the Chairman of the Board each time a Panel is convened;
  - (3) One member of the Commission, designated by the Chairman of the Commission each time a Panel is convened.
- (b) **Designation of Special Panel members—**
  - (1) **Time of designation.** Within 5 days of certification of a case to a Special Panel, the Chairman of Board and the Chairman of the Commission each will designate one member from his or her agency to serve on the Special Panel.
  - (2) **Manner of designation.** Letters designating the Panel members will be served on the Chairman of the Panel and on the parties to the appeal.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1204, 1305, and 7701, and 38 U.S.C. 4331, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 54 FR 53504, Dec. 29, 1989, unless otherwise noted.