Regulations last checked for updates: May 03, 2025

Title 5 - Administrative Personnel last revised: Apr 30, 2025
§ 302.203 - Standard and criteria for determining fitness for employment in an Excepted Service position.

(a) The minimum standard and criteria for determining fitness for employment based on character and conduct are prescribed in part 731, subpart B, of this chapter.

(b) Agencies may prescribe additional factors to protect the integrity and promote the efficiency of the service when job-related and consistent with business necessity.

[89 FR 102691, Dec. 18, 2024]
authority: 5 U.S.C. 1302,3301,3302,3317,3318,3319,3320,8151. E.O. 10577, 19 FR 7521, 3 CFR 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218. Sec. 302.105 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 1104; sec. 3(5), Pub. L. 95-454, 92 Stat. 1111. Sec. 302.501 also issued under 5 U.S.C. ch. 77. Sec. 302.107 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 9201-9206; sec. 1122(b)(1), Pub. L. 116-92, 133 Stat. 1607. Secs. 302.108 and 302.203 also issued under E.O. 13764, 82 FR 8115, 3 CFR, 2017 Comp., p. 243
source: 55 FR 9407, Mar. 14, 1990, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 5 CFR 302.203