5 CFR § 339.202 - Medical standards.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s339.202"
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title: "5 CFR § 339.202 - Medical standards."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "339.202"
section_name: "Medical standards."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "339"
part_name: "MEDICAL QUALIFICATION DETERMINATIONS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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."
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# 339.202 Medical standards.

OPM may establish and/or approve medical standards for a Governmentwide occupation (*i.e.,* an occupation common to more than one agency) or approve revisions to its established medical standards. An individual agency may establish medical standards for positions that predominate in that agency (*i.e.,* where the agency has 50 percent or more of the positions in a particular occupation). Such standards must be justified on the basis that the duties of the positions are arduous or hazardous, or require a certain level of health status for successful performance when the nature of the positions involves a high degree of responsibility toward the public or sensitive national security concerns. The rationale for establishing the standard must be documented and supported by a study(ies) or evaluation(s) establishing the medical standard is job-related to the occupation(s). Medical standards established by agencies must be approved by OPM prior to implementation. Standards established by OPM or an agency must be:

(a) Established by written directive and uniformly applied, and

(b) Directly related to the actual performance and requirements necessary for the performance of the duties of the position.