Okla. Admin. Code § 1:1959-3
By virtue of the authority vested in me by law it is hereby ordered that the State Department of Public Welfare be placed under the merit system of personnel administration prescribed by the Merit System of Personnel Administration Act, (74 O.S. Supp. 1959 Sections 801-819 inclusive), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the State Personnel Board.
It is further ordered that the following personnel in the State Department of Public Welfare shall be exempt from this order: members of the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission; the Director of Public Welfare; the secretary to the Director of Public Welfare; part-time legal counsel; part-time physicians serving as members of review teams or as medical consultants without administrative responsibilities; part-time practicing physicians and other professional personnel engaged for clinical and consultant services and post graduate lecturers; and part-time manual helpers paid by the hour.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto affixed my official name and signature on this 6th day of November, 1959.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
J. Howard Edmondson
ATTEST:
William N. Christian
Secretary of State
Okla. Admin. Code § 1:1959-3