Proof of eligibility of the preference provided for shall be furnished the Director by the person claiming the preference on the form prescribed by the Director for this purpose, together with such evidence as may be called for on the form.

7.13 Results of Tests.

The rating of each test shall be completed as soon as possible after the test is given and from the results of the tests for any class, the Director shall cause to be prepared an eligible list for the class with the names of those persons who have received at least the rating required for eligibility placed thereon in the order of such ratings from the highest to the lowest. Each person competing in any test shall be given written notice of his final earned rating, or his failure to attain a place on the list.

7.14 Rating Candidate in Lower Classes than the One Applied For.

Whenever a candidate has successfully passed an examination for which he has applied which includes questions on subject matter applicable to a lower class for which he has not applied, the Director may, with the consent of the candidate and his representation that he is available for appointment in the lower class, place his name on the eligible list for the lower class with the same final rating earned by him on the examination which he successfully passed.

7.15 Repealed, effective April 20, 1981.

7.16 Regrading of Tests.

Upon proper application to the Director, a competitor in an examination shall be entitled to have this test paper and rating reviewed. Any rating errors disclosed shall be corrected but such changes shall not per se invalidate any certification or appointment made from an eligible list.

7.17 Establishment of Eligible Lists.

(a) The Director shall, subject to the Rules, establish eligible lists from the results of Civil Service examinations. Such lists shall contain the names of all candidates who pass the related examinations.

(b) Eligibles shall be ranked on such lists in the relative order of the rating attained, including preference points, if any.

(c) The Director may authorize agencies to establish and make appointments from eligible lists for promotions, original probationary appointments and job appointments using guidelines established by the Director. When making appointments from in-house certificates under authority of this rule, agencies shall follow the same procedures as used for Civil Service certificates as described in Rule 8.9 "Appointment of Eligibles From Certificates".

7.18 Amended and reenacted effective December 17, 1957 as parts of Rules 7.1 and 7.17.

7.19 Amended and reenacted effective March 15, 1966 as part of Rule 7.9.

7.20 Noncompetitive Classes.

(a) The Director, subject to the approval of the Commission, may designate such classes as unskilled labor, custodial workers, attendants, and similar classes as noncompetitive classes, and open competitive examinations are dispensed with for those classes. Appointment to these classes may be made of any qualified applicant.

(b) Repealed, effective January 1, 1975.

(c) The Director may waive competitive appointment requirements and approve the noncompetitive appointment of an applicant to a position provided such applicant:

1. Is a bona fide client of the State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program or the State Blind Services Program; and

2. Is certified by the respective rehabilitation program as qualified to perform the duties of the position without hazard to himself or others and to be handicapped to such an extent as to preclude proper participation in the usual competitive examination; and

3. Meets the minimum qualification requirements for the position.

(d) When the Director is consistently unable to provide agencies with lists of eligibles containing the names of more than five available applicants on continuously announced classes, the Director, with the approval of the Commission, may designate those classes as shortage classes and dispense with competitive examining procedures for those classes. In the event that these classes become competitive and the Director is able to provide agencies with lists of available applicants, the Director may reinstitute competitive examining procedures.

(e) When testing for a class is impractical either because of situations of an emergency nature, or because of situations that require considerable graduate education in a formal body of knowledge and professional testing prior to legal licensing and practice of a profession, the Director may, with approval of the Commission, dispense with competitive examining procedures for those classes.

(f)  For out of state vacancies, the director may waive competitive appointment requirements and approve the noncompetitive appointment of an applicant who meets the minimum qualification requirements for the position.

7.21 Repealed effective January 14, 1983, and incorporated into Chapter 17.

7.22 Consolidation of Lists.

When an eligible list is established for a class of position for which an eligible list is already in existence, the existing list may be cancelled or merged with the new list, at the discretion of the Director. If the name of any individual appears on both the old and the new list, and the lists are merged, his standing on the new list shall be determined by his score on the more recent examination.

7.23 Amendment of Lists.

An eligible list may be amended by the addition of names of other successful applicants who are admitted to subsequent examinations, and the scores of individual names that appear on the amendment shall be merged in rank order with the scores of those on the original list.

7.24 Removal of Name from Eligible List.

(a) The Director may remove from any list the name of any person who is not qualified, is not available or is not suitable for appointment to the position for which the list was established.

(b) The names of persons who have been considered for appointment three times by any one or more appointing authorities and have not been offered employment, or who have expressed unwillingness to accept appointment, may at the discretion of the Director be removed from a list.

(c) The Director will establish expiration dates for Civil Service grades.

7.25 Restoration to Eligible Lists After Removal.

(a) The Director may restore the name of a person to an eligible list from which he was removed upon receipt of application for restoration and a showing that the causes for removal from the eligible list no longer exist or that an error was made in making the removal from the list.

(b) Subject to a determination by the Director as to his suitability for employment and subject to the provisions of Rule 7.24(c), a former employee who has acquired permanent or probationary status may have his name restored to the register of eligibles from which he was appointed if he applies for such restoration within one year from entry thereon and while the register is still in use.

7.26 Duration of Eligible Lists.

Each eligible list shall remain in effect until cancelled.

7.27 Cancellation of Eligible Lists.

The Director may cancel an eligible list, except a department preferred reemployment list, at such time that the list becomes unsatisfactory or undesirable because of the high percentage of unavailable eligibles on the list, changes in qualification standards, or for such other reasons as may be in the interest of good personnel administration.