5 U.S.C. § 8716 : US Code - Section 8716: Regulations

Search 5 U.S.C. § 8716 : US Code - Section 8716: Regulations

(a) The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations
necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(b) The regulations of the Office may prescribe the time at which
and the conditions under which an employee is eligible for coverage
under this chapter. The Office, after consulting the head of the
agency or other employing authority concerned, may exclude an
employee on the basis of the nature and type of his employment or
conditions pertaining to it, such as short-term appointment,
seasonal, intermittent employment, and employment of like nature.
The Office may not exclude - 
(1) an employee or group of employees solely on the basis of
the hazardous nature of employment;
(2) a teacher in the employ of the Board of Education of the
District of Columbia, whose pay is fixed by section 1501 of title
31, District of Columbia Code, on the basis of the fact that the
teacher is serving under a temporary appointment if the teacher
has been so employed by the Board for a period or periods
totaling not less than two school years; or
(3) an employee who is occupying a position on a part-time
career employment basis (as defined in section 3401(2) of this
title).
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe regulations to
effect the application and operation of this chapter to an
individual named by section 8701(a)(8) of this title.