§315.703. Employees formerly reached on a register.
5 C.F.R. § 315.703
Employee coverage. An employee who was serving in a position when his or her name was within reach for career or career-conditional appointment on a register appropriate for that position may be converted to career or career-conditional employment when:
The employee's name was included on an appropriate certificate issued while the employee was serving in the position, or reconstruction of the appropriate register verifies that the employee would have been within reach;
The register was being used for career and career-conditional appointments when he or she was reached;
He or she has been continuously employed since being reached;
Conversion is initiated either before the expiration of the register or during a period of continuous service since the employee was reached; and
When the employee is a nonpreference eligible who was first reached after February 1, 1955, the Office, or the agency, in accordance with an agreement with the Office, determines that satisfactory reasons existed for passing over any preference eligible who preceded the employee on the register when he or she was reached and who is still within reach and available for appointment.
Tenure on conversion. An employee whose appointment is converted under paragraph (a) of this section becomes:
A career-conditional employee except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of this section;
A career employee when he or she has completed the service requirement for career tenure or is excepted from it by § 315.201(c).
Acquisition of competitive status. An employee whose employment is converted to career or career-conditional employment under this section acquires a competitive status automatically on completion of probation.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[44 FR 55132, Sept. 25, 1979]
Authority
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1302, 3301, and 3302. E.O. 10577, 19 FR 7521, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218; E.O. 14284, 90 FR 17729. Link to an amendment published at 91 FR 49111, Aug. 3, 2026. Secs. 315.601 and 315.609 also issued under 22 U.S.C. 3651 and 3652. Secs. 315.602 and 315.604 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 1104. Sec. 315.603 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8151. Sec. 315.605 also issued under 22 U.S.C. 2051, 42 U.S.C. 2991. Sec. 315.606 also issued under E.O. 11219, 30 FR 6381, 3 CFR, 1964-1965 Comp., p. 303. Sec. 315.607 also issued under 22 U.S.C. 2560. Sec. 315.608 also issued under E.O. 12721, 55 FR 31349, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 293. Sec. 315.610 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 3304(c). Sec. 315.611 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 3304(f). Sec. 315.612 also under 5 U.S.C. 3330d. Sec. 315.613 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 9602. Sec. 315.710 also issued under E.O. 12596, 52 FR 17537, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 264. Subpart I also issued under 5 U.S.C. 3321, E.O. 12107, 44 FR 1055, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 264.
Source
Source: 33 FR 12418, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.
Amendments
[44 FR 55132, Sept. 25, 1979]