5 CFR § 735.203 - What are the restrictions on conduct prejudicial to the Government?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s735.203"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 735.203 - What are the restrictions on conduct prejudicial to the Government?"
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "735.203"
section_name: "What are the restrictions on conduct prejudicial to the Government?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "735"
part_name: "EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT"
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. 7301; E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 46073, Aug. 11, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "735"
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# 735.203 What are the restrictions on conduct prejudicial to the Government?

An employee shall not engage in criminal, infamous, dishonest, immoral, or notoriously disgraceful conduct, or other conduct prejudicial to the Government.