{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-332.301","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 332.301","heading":"Termination of eligibility.","body":"(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, a person's eligibility on a register is terminated when:\n(1) He accepts a career or career-conditional appointment from the register; or\n(2) OPM terminates the eligibility of all persons on the register.\n(b) OPM may determine that in particular types of cases eligibility may not be terminated in less than 1 year. OPM shall publish the conditions under which eligibility may not be terminated in less than 1 year.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 332—RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION THROUGH COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION","Subpart C—Period of Competition and Eligibility"],"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":"3875ae08c47272da5492c6561025e0e2f5b314399ec2f94787eb2cc2e07f07e4","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-332.102","next":"us/5-cfr-332.311"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}