2 AAC 07.170. Selection for appointment

(a) Appointments to positions in the classified service must be made on the basis of merit by selection from persons eligible for appointment without public announcement, or from the available qualified applicants responding to an announcement of a vacancy taking into account the duties that are assigned to the position.

(b) When qualified applicants are ranked under the provisions of 2 AAC 07.106, appointments will normally be made from among the most qualified applicants. If practicable and in the best interest of the state service, vacancies will be filled by promotion.

History: In effect before 6/28/84; am 6/28/84, Register 91; am 8/24/94, Register 137; am 9/28/96, Register 143; am 8/31/2000, Register 156; am 4/23/2004, Register 175

Authority: AS 39.25.070

AS 39.25.140

AS 39.25.150

Editor's note: The 8/24/94 amendments to 2 AAC 07.170(a) first appeared in print in the Alaska Administrative Code with Register 137 (April 1996).

The 4/23/2004 amendment to 2 AAC 07.170(b) first appeared in print in the Alaska Administrative Code with Register 175, Oct. 2005.

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