5 CFR § 316.907 - Tenure upon appointment.

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title: "5 CFR § 316.907 - Tenure upon appointment."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "316.907"
section_name: "Tenure upon appointment."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "316"
part_name: "TEMPORARY AND TERM EMPLOYMENT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302; E.O. 10577, 19 FR 7521, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218; E.O. 14284, 90 FR 17729; 5 CFR 2.2(c)."
regulatory_source: "33 FR 12423, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted."
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# 316.907 Tenure upon appointment.

An individual appointed under § 316.901 becomes a career-conditional employee upon completion of academic requirements and noncompetitive conversion to a permanent appointment in accordance with § 316.910, unless the individual has already satisfied the requirements for career tenure or is exempt from the service requirement pursuant to § 315.201 of this chapter.