---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 330.206"
title: "5"
number: "330.206"
heading: "RPL registration timeframe and positions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/330.206"
---

# §330.206. RPL registration timeframe and positions.

- (a) **To register, an RPL eligible must—**
  - (1) Meet the eligibility conditions under § [330.203(a)](/cfr/5/330.203.md?p=a) or [(b)](/cfr/5/330.203.md?p=b);
  - (2) Complete an RPL application prescribed by the current or former agency and keep the agency informed of any significant changes in the information provided; and
  - (3) Submit the RPL application on or before the RIF separation date or, if an RPL eligible under [§ 330.203(b)](/cfr/5/330.203.md?p=b), within 30 calendar days after the:
    - (i) Date injury compensation benefits cease; or
    - (ii) **Date the Department of Labor denies an appeal for continuation of injury compensation benefits.**
- (b) RPL eligibles may register and receive placement priority for positions for which they are qualified and that:
  - (1) Have a representative rate no higher than the position from which they were, or will be, separated unless the eligible was demoted as a tenure group I or II employee in a previous RIF. If the eligible was so demoted, the eligible can register for positions with a representative rate up to the representative rate of the position held on a permanent appointment immediately before the RIF demotion was effective;
  - (2) Have no greater promotion potential than the position from which they were, or will be, separated; and
  - (3) Have the same type of work schedule as the position from which they were, or will be, separated.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1104, 1302, 3301, 3302, 3304, and 3330; E.O. 10577, 3 CFR, 1954-58 Comp., p. 218; Section 330.103 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 3327; Subpart B also issued under 5 U.S.C. 3315 and 8151; Section 330.401 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 3310; Subparts F and G also issued under Presidential Memorandum on Career Transition Assistance for Federal Employees, September 12, 1995; Subpart G also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) and 8456(b). § 330.1301 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 9201-9206 and Pub. L. 116-92, sec. 1122(b)(1). Link to an amendment published at 91 FR 49216, Aug. 3, 2026.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 67593, Nov. 3, 2010, unless otherwise noted.