ExecOrder 1:1959-2.  


By virtue of the authority vested in me by law, it is hereby ordered that the Oklahoma State Department of Health be placed under the merit system of personnel administration prescribed by the Merit System of Personnel Administration Act, (74 O. S. Supp. 1959 Sections 801-819 inclusive), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the State Personnel Board.
It is further ordered that the following personnel shall be exempt from this order: members of the State Board of Health; members of the Advisory Councils; the Commissioner of Health; part-time physicians and other professional personnel engaged in clinical and consultant services; post graduate lecturers; part-time clerks, janitors and manual helpers in local health departments at not to exceed one-half time of full pay rate; employees paid by the State Health Department but working under the supervision of another State agency; and personnel employed to assist in the control of water pollution and paid by Federal grant-in-aid funds for water pollution control.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto affixed my official name and signature on this 6th day of November, 1959.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
J. Howard Edmondson
ATTEST:
William N. Christian
Secretary of State
[Source: Codified 12-31-91, eff 11-6-59]