CFR > Title 5 - Administrative Personnel > CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT > SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS (parts 110 to 990) > PART 315—CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT > SUBPART I—Probation on Initial Appointment to a Supervisory or Managerial Position (§315.901 to §315.909) > 315.905—Length of the probationary period.

315.905—Length of the probationary period.

The authority to determine the length of the probationary period is delegated to the head of each agency, provided that it be of reasonable fixed duration, appropriate to the position, and uniformly applied. An agency may establish different probationary periods for different occupations or a single one for all agency employees.