PURPOSE: This rule prescribes the conditions under which positions may be filled by certification and appointment from merit system registers and by other types of appointment authorized in the merit system law.

1. (1) Certification of eligibles shall be designed to provide the appointing authorities with a viable tool for efficient selection of an effective work force and shall be governed by the following provisions:

   1. (A) In the absence of an established register or whenever there are not sufficient names on a register, the director may supplement those names with names from other appropriate registers.

2. (2) The following types of appointment may be made for those positions under section 36.030.1, RSMo:

   1. (A) Appointment From a Register. Appointments to vacancies in the classified service may be made following certification from an appropriate register in accordance with the provisions of the law and these rules;
   2. (B) Direct Appointment. After appropriate public notice, an appointing authority may appoint any applicant meeting the minimum qualifications for a particular position within the appointing authority’s division of service. This type of appointment may be made regardless of whether or not the applicant was added to a register or whether or not the applicant applied through any central statewide application process or system; and
   3. (C) Temporary Appointments. No temporary appointment shall be made for more than a total of six (6) months, either continuously or intermittently, in any twelve- (12-) month period. Successive temporary appointments to the same position shall not exceed a total of six (6) months in any twelve- (12-) month period.
3. (3) Transfers. Transfers may be used in accordance with statute and these rules.

AUTHORITY: sections 36.060 and 36.070, RSMo Supp. 2018.* Original rule filed July 9, 1947, effective July 19, 1947. Amended: Filed Sept. 20, 1947, effective Sept. 30, 1947. Amended: Filed March 25, 1948, effective April 4, 1948. Amended: Filed June 1, 1954, effective June 11, 1954. Amended: Filed April 23, 1974, effective May 2, 1974. Amended: Filed Feb. 28, 1975, effective March 10, 1975. Amended: Filed Dec. 8, 1975, effective Dec. 19, 1975. Amended: Filed Dec. 13, 1978, effective April 12, 1979. Emergency amendment filed Sept. 13, 1979, effective Sept. 28, 1979, expired Jan. 25, 1980. Amended: Filed Oct. 12, 1979, effective Jan. 15, 1980. Amended: Filed June 2, 1988, effective Oct. 1, 1988. Amended: Filed Jan. 26, 1990, effective June 30, 1990. Amended: Filed March 1, 1993, effective Oct. 10, 1993. Amended: Filed July 21, 1994, effective Feb. 26, 1995. Amended: Filed May 15, 1996, effective Nov. 30, 1996. Emergency amendment filed Aug. 27, 2010, effective Sept. 7, 2010, expired March 5, 2011. Amended: Filed Aug. 27, 2010, effective Feb. 28, 2011. Emergency amendment filed Aug. 17, 2018, effective Aug. 28, 2018, expired Feb. 28, 2019. Amended: Filed Aug. 31, 2018, effective Feb. 28, 2019. *Original authority: 36.060, RSMo 1945, amended 1971, 1979, 1993, 1995, 2010, 2018 and 36.070, RSMo 1945, amended 1979, 1995, 2018.