The following definitions shall apply throughout this Chapter:
- (1) Agency: shall mean and include, as the context may require, a department, institution, commission, committee, board, division, bureau, officer or official.
- (2) Commission: shall mean the State Human Resources Commission.
- (3) Department: shall mean one of the principal state departments but shall also include each state supported institution of higher learning.
- (4) Director: shall mean the State Human Resources Director.
- (5) State employee: shall mean all employees of the State of North Carolina who are subject to any part of the State Human Resources Act, unless otherwise indicated in this Chapter.
- (6) Local government employee: shall mean those employees of local social services departments, public health departments, mental health centers and local offices of civil preparedness which receive federal grant-in-aid funds.
- (7) State Human Resources Act: shall mean Chapter 126 of the North Carolina General Statutes.
- (8) Competitive service: shall mean that personnel system based on the Federal Standards for a Merit System of Personnel Administration which applies to state employees and to local government employees determined by the Governor and Council of State.
History Note: Authority G.S. 126-4; 126-5; 126-12;
Eff. February 1, 1976;
Amended Eff. October 1, 1977;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. October 28, 2014.