---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 317.605"
title: "5"
number: "317.605"
heading: "Tenure of appointees."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/317.605"
---

# §317.605. Tenure of appointees.

- (a) A noncareer or limited appointee does not acquire status within the Senior Executive Service on the basis of the appointment.
- (b) An agency may terminate a noncareer or limited appointment at any time, unless a limited appointee is covered under [5 CFR 752.601(c)(2)](/cfr/5/752.601.md?p=c-2). The agency must give the noncareer or limited appointee a written notice at least 1 day prior to the effective date of the removal.
- (c) The employment of a limited appointee ends automatically on the expiration of the appointment if the appointment has not been terminated earlier.
- (d) **An employee—**
  - (1) Who received a limited appointment without a break of service in the same agency as the one in which the employee held a career or career conditional appointment (or an appointment of equivalent tenure) in a permanent civil service position outside the Senior Executive Service, and
  - (2) Whose limited appointment is terminated for reasons other than misconduct, neglect of duty, or malfeasance, shall be entitled to be placed in his/her former position or a position of like status, tenure, and grade.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 62414, Sept. 19, 1980, as amended at 60 FR 6386, Feb. 2, 1995]

### Source

Source: 45 FR 62414, Sept. 19, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3392, 3393, 3395, 3397, 3592, 3593, 3595, 3596, 8414, and 8421. § 317.202 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 9201-9206 and Pub. L. 116-92, sec. 1122(b)(1).

### Source

Source: 44 FR 18927, Mar. 30, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 62414, Sept. 19, 1980, as amended at 60 FR 6386, Feb. 2, 1995]