{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-315.709","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 315.709","heading":"Appointment for Persons With Disabilities.","body":"(a) Coverage. An employee appointed under § 213.3102(u) of this chapter may have his or her appointment converted to a career or career-conditional appointment when he or she:\n(1) Completes 2 or more years of satisfactory service, without a break of more than 30 days, under a nontemporary appointment under § 213.3102(u);\n(2) Is recommended for such conversion by his or her supervisor;\n(3) Meets all requirements and conditions governing career and career-conditional appointment except those requirements concerning competitive selection from a register and medical qualifications; and\n(4) Is converted without a break in service of one workday.\n(b) Tenure on conversion. An employee converted under paragraph (a) of this section becomes:\n(1) A career-conditional employee, except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of this section; or\n(2) A career employee if he or she has completed 3 years of substantially continuous service in a temporary appointment under § 213.3102(u) of this chapter, or has otherwise completed the service requirement for career tenure, or is excepted from it by § 315.201(c).\n(c) Acquisition of competitive status. A person whose employment is converted to career or career-conditional employment under this section acquires a competitive status automatically on conversion.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 315—CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT","Subpart G—Conversion to Career or Career-Conditional Employment From Other Types of Employment"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"0ec90e1fade967a7439a4f95e10ee4909877c960515dff570913afb8a8b46445","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-315.708","next":"us/5-cfr-315.710"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}