90.180 Appointments to positions in classified service -- Probationary appointments.

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90.180 Appointments to positions in classified service -- Probationary appointments. (1) All appointments to positions subject to the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230 shall be made solely on the basis of merit and fitness, to be determined by <br>competitive examinations, except in the case of emergency appointments which <br>may be made only in accordance with the definition given in KRS 90.110; provided <br>that all original appointments, except emergency appointments as defined in KRS <br>90.110, shall be probationary appointments for a period of not less than six (6), nor <br>more than twelve (12), months, after which probationary period regular <br>appointments shall be given to all probationary employees who are deemed to be <br>satisfactory by the respective appointing authority. (2) Except in the case of emergency appointments as defined in KRS 90.110, all appointments to positions subject to the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230 shall <br>be made by appointing authorities only from an eligible list certified by the <br>personnel director as qualified and eligible for appointment from an appropriate <br>eligible list as defined in KRS 90.110; provided however, that all employees <br>holding positions subject to the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230 on the effective <br>date thereof who were holding positions in classified service under provision of <br>previous acts, shall be considered as having satisfied hereunder all of the <br>qualifications for obtaining and holding such appointments as they then had, and <br>further provided that all employees holding positions subject to the provisions of <br>KRS 90.110 to 90.230, on the effective date thereof, and who were not holding <br>positions in classified service under provisions of previous acts, shall be considered <br>as having satisfied hereunder all of the qualifications for obtaining and holding <br>original appointments under KRS 90.110 to 90.230, and shall be considered as <br>having been given probationary appointments, as defined in KRS 90.110, as of the <br>effective date thereof. History: Created 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 5.