(a) Government-owned clothing and individual equipment may be furnished to employees:
- (1) For protection from physical injury or occupational disease; or
- (2) When employees could not reasonably be required to furnish them as a part of the personal clothing and equipment needed to perform the regular duties of the position to which they are assigned or for which services were engaged.
- (b) This section does not apply to uniforms or uniform allowances under the Federal Employees Uniform Allowance Act of 1954, 84 Public Law 37, as amended.