---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 C.F.R. § 158.524"
title: "6"
number: "158.524"
heading: "Initial service period."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/6/158.524"
---

# §158.524. Initial service period.

- (a) All individuals appointed under this part serve an initial service period that constitutes a probationary period of three years beginning on the date of appointment.
- (b) Except as stated in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section, service in the DHS-CS counts toward completion of a current initial service period under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section. No other service in an appointment made outside the authority of this part may count toward completion of an initial service period under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.
- (c) Service as a DHS-CS advisory appointee, as a reemployed annuitant described in [§ 158.523(a)(1)](/cfr/6/158.523.md?p=a-1), or providing uncompensated service described in [§ 158.523(a)(2)](/cfr/6/158.523.md?p=a-2) does not count towards completion of an initial service period in a subsequent appointment to a qualified position.
- (d) CTMS policy implementing this section addresses computation of each DHS-CS employee's initial service period, including accounting for working schedules other than full-time schedules described in [§ 158.705](/cfr/6/158.705.md) and for periods of absence while in pay and nonpay statuses.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 658. Subpart H also issued under 5 U.S.C. Chapters 41 and 43; 5 CFR parts 410 and 430.

### Source

Source: 86 FR 47893, Aug. 26, 2021, unless otherwise noted.