---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 2636.301"
title: "5"
number: "2636.301"
heading: "General standards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/2636.301"
---

# §2636.301. General standards.


A covered noncareer employee shall not:

- (a) Receive outside earned income in excess of the 15 percent limitation described in [§ 2636.304](/cfr/5/2636.304.md) of this subpart;
- (b) Receive compensation or allow the use of his name in violation of the restrictions relating to professions involving a fiduciary relationship described in [§ 2636.305](/cfr/5/2636.305.md) of this subpart;
- (c) Receive compensation for serving as an officer or board member in violation of the restriction described in [§ 2636.306](/cfr/5/2636.306.md) of this subpart; or
- (d) Receive compensation for teaching without having first obtained advance authorization as required by [§ 2636.307](/cfr/5/2636.307.md) of this subpart.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. ch. 131; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, as amended by sec. 31001, Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 and sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74; E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 1723, Jan. 17, 1991, unless otherwise noted.