§74-840-4.13.

§74-840-4.13.
   
   A. Based upon the results of competitive entrance examinations and
   registers, as provided by the Oklahoma Personnel Act, the
   Administrator of the Office of Personnel Management shall certify to
   the appointing authority the names of the ten persons receiving the
   highest grade or score in said examinations plus all eligible
   applicants whose grade or score is tied with the lowest ranking of
   those so eligible.
   
   B. In addition to establishing statewide registers pursuant to
   subsection A of this section, the Administrator is hereby authorized
   to promulgate rules creating a local register to fill a vacancy in a
   local office of an agency by providing a certificate of available
   names of eligible persons who are residents of the county where the
   local office is located or said county and adjacent counties or a
   group of contiguous counties comprising a service area of an agency.
   Available eligible residents shall be certified ahead of other
   available eligible persons who reside outside the area of the local
   register. In filling vacant positions, the appointing authority shall
   select any one of the persons whose names have been so certified and
   may give preference in all cases to persons who have resided in this
   state for at least one (1) year prior to the date of the examination.
   Provided, however, that any appointing authority authorized to employ
   persons who are not citizens of the United States, pursuant to Section
   255 of this title, may request the Office to certify only the names of
   persons who are citizens of the United States in carrying out the
   provisions of this section; and such appointing authority may select
   any person so certified to the Administrator to fill such vacant
   positions even though a noncitizen may have received a higher grade on
   the examination. Provided, further, that any appointing authority may
   select special disabled veterans considered for employment pursuant to
   Sections 401 through 404 of Title 72 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The
   Department of Public Safety, in filling vacancies for Highway Patrol
   Cadets, may disqualify any eligible whose name has been certified for
   Highway Patrol Cadet pursuant to subsection A of this section, if the
   Department of Public Safety considers the eligible in connection with
   the hiring of three other eligibles pursuant to subsection A of this
   section from that certificate. The name of such disqualified eligible
   shall be omitted from further certification to, and consideration by,
   the Department of Public Safety for appointment as a Highway Patrol
   Cadet to the next immediate Highway Patrol Academy for which vacancies
   are being filled. Such disqualification shall neither deprive any
   person of any preference pursuant to paragraph 3 of subsection A of
   Section 840-4.14 of this title nor deprive any person from
   certification to, and consideration by, the Department of Public
   Safety for appointment as a Highway Patrol Cadet to a Highway Patrol
   Academy to be held after the next immediate Highway Patrol Academy.
   The Department of Public Safety shall provide written notice of the
   disqualification to the Office of Personnel Management. The Department
   of Corrections, in filling vacancies for Correctional Officer Cadets
   and Probation and Parole Officers, may disqualify any eligible whose
   name has been certified for Correctional Officer Cadet or Probation
   and Parole Officer, pursuant to subsection A of this section, if the
   Department of Corrections considers the eligible in connection with
   the hiring of three other eligibles pursuant to subsection A of this
   section from that or any other certificate. The name of such
   disqualified eligible shall be omitted from future certification to,
   and consideration by, the Department of Corrections for appointment as
   a Correctional Officer Cadet or Probation and Parole Officer for a
   period of six (6) months, at which time the eligible may request
   restoration to the register by the Office of Personnel Management.
   Such disqualification shall not deprive any person of any preference
   pursuant to paragraph 3 of subsection A of Section 840-4.14 of this
   title. The Department of Corrections shall provide written notice of
   the disqualification to the Office of Personnel Management.
   
   C. Agencies may fill positions requiring professional practice
   licensure and hard-to-fill positions pursuant to authorization by the
   Administrator without regard to subsections A and B of this section.
   The Administrator shall promulgate rules to authorize agencies to fill
   positions directly, pursuant to this subsection. Such rules shall
   include criteria for identifying professional practice licensure
   positions and hard-to-fill positions which shall not require
   establishment of an employment list of eligible persons or the
   application of veterans preference. The Administrator shall monitor
   appointments made by agencies pursuant to this subsection and shall
   establish recordkeeping and reporting procedures and the conditions
   under which the Administrator may withdraw authorization for agencies
   to directly hire persons into hard-to-fill positions. Nothing in this
   subsection shall be construed to waive any requirement for any job or
   position established by statute or the Administrator.
   
   D. Every person, except as provided in subsection E of this section,
   upon initial appointment under the classified service, shall be
   appointed for a probationary period of one (1) year, except that the
   appointing authority may waive in writing the remainder of the
   probationary period at any time after a probationary employee has
   served six (6) months; provided, however, that the employee and the
   Administrator of the Office of Personnel Management shall be notified
   in writing as to such action and the reason therefor. The probationary
   appointment of any person may be terminated at any time during the
   probationary period without the right of appeal. At the close of the
   probationary period, as herein provided, said person shall acquire a
   permanent status under the conditions prescribed in the Oklahoma
   Personnel Act.
   
   E. Every person initially appointed under the classified service as an
   agent of the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission shall be
   appointed for a probationary period of one (1) year.