§ 36-26-16 — Certification for Employment of Handicapped Persons

Alabama § 36-26-16

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 36: Public Officers and Employees
• Ch. 26: State Personnel Department and Merit System
• Art. 1: General Provisions

Text

The State Director of Personnel shall, upon the request of an appointing authority, add to any certification of three eligible for employment the name of any handicapped person on the eligible list who is certified by the Director of the Department of Rehabilitation Services, as being eligible for rehabilitation services; but, the Director of the Department of Personnel may nevertheless not give preference in certification for employment to any handicapped person if he finds such person is physically or otherwise unfit to perform effectively the duties of the position in which he seeks employment.

Legislative History

(Acts 1965, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 119, p. 166, § 1.)