---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 352.203"
title: "5"
number: "352.203"
heading: "Standards for issuing Letters of Authority."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/352.203"
---

# §352.203. Standards for issuing Letters of Authority.


OPM will determine the standards to be used in issuing Letters of Authority, which shall include the following:

- (a) The positions to be filled must be related to emergency situations for which the usual recruiting methods are inadequate.
- (b) The positions must be a part of a specific program immediately essential to the national interest.
- (c) The positions must be essential to the functioning of the program.
- (d) There must be substantial basis for the belief that reemployment rights will be a significant and reasonable aid in meeting the emergency situation.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3101 note, 3301, 3131 et seq. 3302; E.O. 10577, 3 CFR 1954-1958 Com., p. 218; sec. 352. 209 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 7701, et seq.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 12433, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.