---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 550.602"
title: "5"
number: "550.602"
heading: "Coverage."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/550.602"
---

# §550.602. Coverage.

- (a) This subpart applies to—
  - (1) An employee in or under an agency, except an employee excluded by [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section;
  - (2) The head of an agency;
  - (3) The head of a military department, as defined in [5 U.S.C. 102](/usc/5/102.md);
  - (4) A Foreign Service officer;
  - (5) A member of the Senior Foreign Service;
  - (6) A member of the Senior Executive Service; or
  - (7) A member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service.
- (b) **This subpart does not apply to—**
  - (1) An employee on the Isthmus of Panama in the service of the Panama Canal Commission; or
  - (2) An employee or individual excluded from the definition of employee in [5 U.S.C. 5541(2)](/usc/5/5541.md?p=2), except employees excluded by 5 U.S.C. [5541(2)(ii)](/usc/5/5541.md?p=2-ii), [(iii)](/usc/5/5541.md?p=2-iii), and [(xiv) through (xvii)](/usc/5/5541.md?p=2-xiv..2-xvii) are covered by this subpart.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5504; Public Law 108-136, 117 Stat. 1637.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 24477, May 10, 2005, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 12458, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.