5 CFR § 332.404 - Order of selection from certificates.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s332.404"
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title: "5 CFR § 332.404 - Order of selection from certificates."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "332.404"
section_name: "Order of selection from certificates."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "332"
part_name: "RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION THROUGH COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 1103, 1104, 1302, 2108, 3301, 3302, 3304, 3312, 3317, 3318, 3319; sec. 2(d), Pub. L. 114-137, 130 Stat. 310; E.O. 10577, 19 FR 7521, 3 CFR 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218."
regulatory_source: "33 FR 12426, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted."
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# 332.404 Order of selection from certificates.

An appointing officer, with sole regard to merit and fitness, shall select any eligible candidate certified for appointment on a certificate of eligibles, except the hiring manager may not pass over a preference eligible to select a lower standing non-preference eligible on the certificate unless the agency complies with pass over procedures in accordance with § 332.406.

[90 FR 43146, Sept. 8, 2025]