(a) Eligible vacancies. A receiving agency may use a shared excepted service certificate to fill a vacancy in the same occupational series, at the same grade level (or corresponding rate or level of pay for a position excluded from the General Schedule) with the same full-performance level, and in the same duty location as was listed on the original hiring agency's certificate. If the original hiring agency's excepted service certificate is for an interdisciplinary position as described in the Delegated Examining Operations Handbook, the receiving agency may use it to fill an interdisciplinary position. The receiving agency must verify through its job analysis that the minimum qualification requirements (including use of any selective placement factors) and the competencies, or knowledge, skills, and abilities, that were used for the original position are appropriate for the position to be filled.

(b) Notification to applicants. Before using a shared excepted service certificate, a receiving agency must notify eligible applicants who opted-in that it has received their names and application materials and intends to consider them for employment. The notification must identify the agency, position title, occupational series, grade level or equivalent, and duty location.

(c) Limitations. (1) Nothing in this paragraph affects agencies' right to fill a position from any appropriate source under §§ 330.102 and 335.103 of this chapter.

(2) Before considering other candidates, a receiving agency must first provide for the consideration for selection required for individuals entitled to priority consideration under §§ 302.303 and 302.304.

(d) Selection from the shared certificate. A receiving agency may consider candidates referred on the shared excepted service certificate.

(1) A receiving agency may, but is not required to, consider any applicant designated on the certificate as being passed over under § 302.502(a)(4), or as having received three bona fide considerations under § 302.502(b).

(2) The receiving agency may not reassess the applicants for purposes of rating/ranking.

(e) Time limit on selection. The receiving agency has 240 days from the date the certificate was issued (in the original hiring agency) to select individuals from the shared excepted service certificate.

(f) Limit on further sharing by the receiving agency. The receiving agency may not share or distribute the shared certificate to another Federal agency.