5 CFR § 302.403 - Qualifications for promotion.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s302.403"
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title: "5 CFR § 302.403 - Qualifications for promotion."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "302.403"
section_name: "Qualifications for promotion."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "302"
part_name: "EMPLOYMENT IN THE EXCEPTED SERVICE"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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; E.O. 14171, 90 FR 8625."
regulatory_source: "55 FR 9407, Mar. 14, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
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# 302.403 Qualifications for promotion.

In determining qualifications for promotion with respect to an employee who is a preference eligible, an agency shall waive:

(a) Requirements as to age, height, and weight unless the requirement is essential to the performance of the duties of the position; and

(b) Physical requirements if, in the opinion of the agency, after considering the recommendation of an accredited physician, the preference eligible is physically able to perform efficiently the duties of the position for which the promotion is proposed.