5 CFR § 339.101 - Coverage.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s339.101"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 339.101 - Coverage."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "339.101"
section_name: "Coverage."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "339"
part_name: "MEDICAL QUALIFICATION DETERMINATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 1104(a), 1302(a), 3301, 3302, 3304, 3312, 3318, 3320, 3504, 5112; 39 U.S.C. 1005, Executive Order 10577, Rule II, codified as amended in 5 CFR 2.1(a)."
regulatory_source: "82 FR 5350, Jan. 18, 2017, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "339"
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# 339.101 Coverage.

This part applies to—

(a) Applicants for and employees in competitive service positions; and

(b) Applicants for and employees in positions excepted from the competitive service when medical issues arise in connection with an OPM regulation that governs a particular personnel action, such as removal of a preference eligible employee in the excepted service under part 752.