(a) Status.
         A position change authorized by  § 335.102 does not change the competitive status of an employee.
     
    
        
        (b) Tenure.
         Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section and  § 316.703 of this chapter, a position change authorized by  § 335.102 does not change the tenure of an employee.
     
    
        
        (c) Exceptions.
        
        (1) 
         A career-conditional employee who is promoted, demoted, or reassigned to a position paid under chapter 45 of title 39, United States Code, or required by law to be filled on a permanent basis becomes a career employee.
     
    
        
        (2) 
         A career employee who is promoted, demoted, or reassigned from a position paid under chapter 45 of title 39, United States Code, or required by law to be filled on a permanent basis to a position under the career-conditional employment system becomes a career-conditional employee unless he has completed the service requirement for career tenure.
     
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        [33 FR 12428, Sept. 4, 1968]