5 CFR § 732.203 - Periodic reinvestigation requirements.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s732.203"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 732.203 - Periodic reinvestigation requirements."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "732.203"
section_name: "Periodic reinvestigation requirements."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "732"
part_name: "NATIONAL SECURITY POSITIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302, 7312; 50 U.S.C. 403; E.O. 10450, 3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 936."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 18654, Apr. 23, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "732"
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# 732.203 Periodic reinvestigation requirements.

The incumbent of each position designated Special-Sensitive or Critical-Sensitive under this part shall be subject to periodic reinvestigation of a scope prescribed by OPM 5 years after placement, and at least once each succeeding 5 years. The employing agency will use the results of such periodic reinvestigation to determine whether the continued employment of the individual in a sensitive position is clearly consistent with the interests of the national security.