---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 351.703"
title: "5"
number: "351.703"
heading: "Exception to qualifications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/351.703"
---

# §351.703. Exception to qualifications.


An agency may assign an employee to a vacant position under [§ 351.201(b)](/cfr/5/351.201.md?p=b) or [§ 351.701](/cfr/5/351.701.md) of this part without regard to OPM's standards and requirements for the position if:

- (a) The employee meets any minimum education requirement for the position; and
- (b) The agency determines that the employee has the capacity, adaptability, and special skills needed to satisfactorily perform the duties and responsibilities of the position.

## Notes

### Amendments

[56 FR 65417, Dec. 17, 1991]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1302, 3502, 3503; E.O. 14284, 90 FR 17729; 5 CFR 2.2(c). Sec. 351.801 also issued under E.O. 12828, 58 FR 2965. Link to an amendment published at 91 FR 49218, Aug. 3, 2026. Link to an amendment published at 91 FR 49263, Aug. 3, 2026.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 319, Jan. 3, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[56 FR 65417, Dec. 17, 1991]