§ 33:2553 — Admission to tests

§2553. Admission to tests
A. Admission to tests provided by the civil service board through the state examiner
shall be as follows:
(1) Admission to a promotional test shall be limited to regular employees of the class
next lower than that for which they are to be examined. However, the rules may provide for
admission to be extended to applicants from any one or more of the next lower classes.
(2) Admission to competitive tests shall be open to all persons who meet the
requirements provided by this Part and the rules of the board.
(3) Any applicant admitted to a test shall be a citizen of the United States, and of
legal age.
(4) Special requirements or qualifications for admission to tests or for eligibility for
appointment, such as age, education, physical requirements, and the like, may be established
by rules adopted by the board, after consultation with the appointing authority. Any
applicant, at the time of his appointment to a position in the classified service, must be of
good health, good moral character, and of temperate and industrious habits.
(5) The board or the state examiner may reject the application of any person for
admission to tests of fitness, or refuse any applicant to be tested, or may cancel the eligibility
of any eligible on any employment list, who:
(a) Is found to lack any of the qualifications prescribed, or which may be legally
prescribed, as requirements for admission to the tests for the class for which he has applied;
(b) Is physically unfit to perform effectively the duties of a position of the class;
(c) Is addicted to the habitual use of drugs or intoxicating liquors to excess;
(d) Has been adjudged guilty of a crime involving moral turpitude or infamous or
notoriously disgraceful conduct;
(e) Has been found cheating on an exam;
(f) Has made a false statement of any material fact; or
(g) Has practiced or attempted to practice deception or fraud in securing eligibility
for appointment or attempting to do so.
B. Any such facts also shall be considered cause for removal of any employee. The
board shall reject any application filed after the time fixed for closing receipt of applications
as announced in the public notice of the tests.
C. Any applicant admitted to the competitive examinations which may be called for
by the state examiner pursuant to R.S. 33:2552(1)(c) or (2) shall be a citizen of the United
States and of legal age.

Legislative History

Acts 1964, No. 282, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1092, §1; Acts 2006, No. 212, §2, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2019, No. 224, §1; Acts 2020, No. 38, §1; Acts 2022, No. 400, §1.