(a) A competitive service employee in tenure group I or II who is separated (or who accepts a lower graded position in lieu of separation) because of a compensable injury of disability (as defined in part 353 of this chapter) who has fully recovered more than 1 year after compensation began is entitled to be placed on the RPL provided the individual applies within the timeframes addressed in §330.202. Part 353 of this chapter contains information on eligibility.

(b) A former tenure group I employee is eligible for the RPL for 2 years, and a former tenure group II employee is eligible for 1 year, from the date the individual is entered on the RPL. An individual is taken off the RPL before the period of eligibility expires when the individual:   (1) Requests removal;   (2) Receives a career, career-conditional, or excepted appointment without time limit in any agency; or   (3) Declines an offer or fails to respond to an inquiry of availability about a specific position that is the same as or equivalent to the position from which separated.

(c) A former employee must request reemployment consideration with the time limits set in §330.202.

[53 FR 45067, Nov. 8, 1988, as amended at 60 FR 3059, Jan. 13, 1995]