5 CFR § 848.101 - Applicability and purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s848.101"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 848.101 - Applicability and purpose."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "848.101"
section_name: "Applicability and purpose."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "848"
part_name: "PHASED RETIREMENT"
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. 8461; 5 U.S.C. 8412a."
regulatory_source: "79 FR 46632, Aug. 8, 2014, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "848"
---


# 848.101 Applicability and purpose.

This subpart contains the regulations implementing provisions of 5 U.S.C. 8412a authorizing phased retirement. This subpart establishes the eligibility requirements for making an election to enter phased retirement status, the procedures for making an election, the record-keeping requirements, and the methods to be used for certain computations not addressed elsewhere in parts 841-843 and 845.