(a) General rule.
         Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, a career employee who transfers remains a career employee and a career-conditional employee who transfers remains a career-conditional employee.
     
    
        
        (b) Exceptions.
        
        (1) 
         A career-conditional employee who transfers to a position required by law to be filled on a permanent basis becomes a career employee.
     
    
        
        (2) 
         A career employee who transfers from a position required by law to be filled on a permanent basis becomes a career-conditional employee unless he or she has completed the service requirement for career tenure.
     
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        [60 FR 53504, Oct. 16, 1995]