SECTION 170:35-1-2. Definitions

  The following words or terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Eligible Applicant" means any person who is not a current Oklahoma Department of Corrections employee applying for an eligible position.

"Eligible Employee" means any permanent, classified or unclassified, full or part-time employee.

"Eligible Retiree/Volunteer" means any person retiring from, or volunteering with, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.

"Eligible Position" means positions that have received Director's approval to fill.

"Referral Incentive" means payment made, in the form of a payroll incentive or United States Savings Bonds, to any eligible employee whose referral of an eligible applicant results in hiring and the eligible applicant remaining with the agency for two full years.

"Referred Employee" means an eligible applicant referred by an eligible employee/retiree and subsequently employed by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections in an eligible position.

"Referring Employee" means an eligible employee making a referral.

[Source: Added at 22 Ok Reg 2358, eff 7-11-05; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 2711, eff 7-26-07; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 2811, eff 8-13-09]