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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 260. Office of Management and Enterprise Services |
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Chapter 25. Merit System of Personnel Administration Rules |
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Subchapter 9. Recruitment and Selection |
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Part 11. DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY |
SECTION 260:25-9-111. Definitions
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- In addition to terms defined in 260:25-1-2 the following words and terms, when used in this Part, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:"Adequate applicant pool" means 10 or more available qualified eligibles on open competitive announcements maintained by the Human Capital Management Division for the location of a vacancy under the conditions of employment required for the position."Conditions for employment" means requirements for the position established by the agency and approved by the Human Capital Management Division such as willingness to travel, perform shift work, or work in a particular geographic location, or possession of any selective qualifications or special requirements for the position."Direct hire authority" means the authorization for an Appointing Authority to certify the qualifications of and appoint an eligible applicant to a position requiring professional practice licensure or to a position which has been identified by the Administrator as hard-to-fill."Hard-to-fill positions" means a vacant position or positions in a job family for which a state agency has been unable to identify an adequate applicant pool within the past 2 weeks of open competitive announcement."Professional practice licensure positions" means those positions within a job family for which the Administrator has determined the minimum qualifications for the job require professional licensure with the State of Oklahoma to legally practice in the profession. Such a job shall involve work requiring knowledge of an advanced type in a field of science or learning, customarily obtained by a prolonged course of specialized instruction or study such as a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. The Administrator shall maintain a list of jobs requiring professional practice licensure and shall make the list available to all state agencies with positions allocated to these job families.