TITLE 5 - ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL

CHAPTER I - OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

SUBCHAPTER B - CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS

PART 870 - FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' GROUP LIFE INSURANCE PROGRAM

subpart e - COVERAGE

870.503 - Basic insurance: Cancelling a waiver.

  (a) An annuitant or compensationer who has filed a waiver of Basic insurance cannot cancel the waiver.

  (b) An employee who has filed a waiver of Basic insurance may cancel the waiver and become insured if: (1) At least 1 year has passed since the effective date of the waiver, and (2) He/she provides satisfactory medical evidence of insurability.

  (c) OFEGLI reviews the Request for Insurance filed by an employee who has compiled with paragraph (b) of this section and decides whether to approve it. The insurance is effective when, after OFEGLI's approval, the employee actually enters on duty in pay status in a position in which he/she is eligible for insurance. If the employee doesn't enter on duty in pay status within 31 days following the date of OFEGLI's approval, the approval is automatically revoked and the employee is not insured.

  (d) When an employee who has been separated from service for at least 180 days is reinstated on or after April 1, 1981, a previous waiver of Basic insurance is automatically cancelled. Unless the employee files a new waiver, Basic insurance becomes effective on the 1st day he/she actually enters on duty in pay status in a position in which he/she is eligible for coverage. Exception: for employees who waived Basic insurance after February 28, 1981, separated, and returned to Federal service before December 9, 1983, the waiver remained in effect; these employees were permitted to elect Basic insurance by applying to their employing office before March 7, 1984.