[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 699]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
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[CITE: 5CFR302.202]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 302--EMPLOYMENT IN THE EXCEPTED SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart B--Eligibility Standards
 
Sec. 302.202  Qualification requirements.

    Before making an appointment to a position covered by this part, 
each agency shall establish qualification standards such as those 
relating to experience and training, citizenship, minimum age, physical 
condition, etc., which shall relate to the duties to be performed. An 
agency may delegate the establishment of standards relating to a group 
of positions or a specific position to the appropriate administrative 
level or subdivision in accordance with the needs of the locality in 
which the position is located, but the agency shall determine that each 
standard established is in conformity with this part. Each agency shall 
make its standards a matter of record in the appropriate office of the 
agency, and shall furnish information concerning the standards for a 
position to an applicant on his/her request. Each agency shall apply the 
standards for a position uniformly to all applicants, except for such 
waivers as are provided in this part for a preference eligible. An 
agency shall not include a minimum educational requirement in 
qualification standards, except for a scientific, technical, or 
professional position the duties of which the agency decides cannot

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be performed by a person who does not have a prescribed minimum 
education. An agency shall not establish a maximum age requirement for 
any position. Each agency shall make a part of its records the reasons 
for its decision under this section and shall furnish those reasons to 
an applicant on his/her request. The qualification standards shall 
include:
    (a) A provision for waiver by the agency of requirements as to age, 
height, and weight for each preference eligible when the requirements 
are not essential to the performance of the duties of the position; and
    (b) A provision for waiver by the agency of physical requirements 
for each preference eligible when the agency, after giving due 
consideration to the recommendation of an accredited physician, finds 
that the applicant is physically able to discharge the duties of the 
position.