SECTION 260:25-9-10. Required certification of qualifications before promotions, demotions, transfers, and reinstatements

(a)   The Administrator shall certify that a candidate meets the necessary job qualifications of a job family level in the classified service for the purpose of allowing the candidate to be appointed. Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this Section describe exceptions to these requirements. The Appointing Authority shall use the electronic form made available online by, or accepted by, the Administrator to request certification of qualifications. The form solicits information about the candidate's qualifications.

(b)   An employee who is demoted shall meet the minimum qualifications of the lower job to which he or she is demoted unless the demotion is to a job:

(1)   within the same job family, or

(2)   in which the employee previously has had permanent status, or

(3)   in the same job family as and below one in which he or she previously has had permanent status.

(c)   Career progression promotions shall be exempt from subsection (a). The exception shall apply only after an employee has been in a lower level of the job family for an amount of time equal to the difference in the lengths of the experience requirements of the two levels. This exception shall not apply in any case to entry into a job family or where the next higher level is a supervisory position.

(d)   The Administrator may delegate certification of qualifications to an Appointing Authority according to a written agreement made under Section 840-1.15 of the Act and the rules in Part 3 of Subchapter 1 regarding delegation of human resources functions.

[Source: Added at 31 Ok Reg 1346, eff 9-12-14; Amended at 32 Ok Reg 1751, eff 9-11-15]