---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 534.601"
title: "5"
number: "534.601"
heading: "Coverage."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/534.601"
---

# §534.601. Coverage.

- (a) This subpart implements [5 U.S.C. 5372b](/usc/5/5372b.md) and applies to administrative appeals judge positions, the duties of which are not classifiable above GS-15 under [5 U.S.C. 5108](/usc/5/5108.md) and which primarily involve reviewing decisions of administrative law judges appointed under [5 U.S.C. 3105](/usc/5/3105.md) and rendering final administrative decisions.
- (b) **This subpart does not apply to—**
  - (1) Senior-level positions classified above GS-15 pursuant to [5 U.S.C. 5108](/usc/5/5108.md);
  - (2) Scientific or professional positions established under [5 U.S.C. 3104](/usc/5/3104.md);
  - (3) Senior Executive Service positions established under 5 U.S.C. [3132](/usc/5/3132.md) or [3151](/usc/5/3151.md);
  - (4) Positions for which pay is fixed by administrative action and limited to level IV of the Executive Schedule under [5 U.S.C. 5373](/usc/5/5373.md);
  - (5) Administrative law judge positions appointed under [5 U.S.C. 3105](/usc/5/3105.md); or
  - (6) Positions in agencies that are excluded from chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, by section [5102(a)](/cfr/5/5102.md?p=a) or [5102(c)](/cfr/5/5102.md?p=c) or other provision of law.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 66 FR 63908, Dec. 11, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1104, 3161(d), 5307, 5351, 5352, 5353, 5376, 5382, 5383, 5384, 5385, 5541, 5550a, sec. 1125 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2004, Pub. L. 108-136, 117 Stat. 1638 (5 U.S.C. 5304, 5382, 5383, 7302; 18 U.S.C. 207); and sec. 2 of Pub. L. 110-372, 122 Stat. 4043 (5 U.S.C. 5304, 5307, 5376).