---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 511.603"
title: "5"
number: "511.603"
heading: "Right to appeal."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/511.603"
---

# §511.603. Right to appeal.

- (a) **Employee appeal.** An employee, or the employee's designated representative acting on behalf of an employee, may request an Office decision as to:
  - (1) **The appropriate occupational series or grade of the employee's official position.**
  - (2) The inclusion under or exclusion from chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, of the official position by the employee's agency or the Office, except in the case of a position located in the Office of the Architect of the Capitol.
- (b) **Agency appeal.** The head of an agency, or an authorized representative, may appeal any classification certificate issued by the Office under sections [5103](/usc/5/5103.md) or [5110](/usc/5/5110.md) of title 5, U.S.C., with respect to any position in the agency.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 46 FR 9913, Jan. 30, 1981, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5115, 5338, 5351.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 12445, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.