Section 75-2945 - Filling positions without using certified pool of eligible candidates, whenSubject to limitations imposed by rules and regulations adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 75-3706 and amendments thereto, positions in the classified service may be filled without utilizing certified pool of eligible candidates only as follows:
(a) Where the services to be performed will require less than 1,000 hours of work within a twelve-month period, the director may authorize an agency to make a temporary appointment of a person who meets the qualifications for the position. The director may establish procedures for making temporary appointments. A person may have more than one temporary appointment in an agency within a twelve-month period, if the person works on such appointments for less than 1,000 hours within the twelve-month period. The period of temporary service shall not be counted as a part of the probationary period in case of subsequent appointment to a regular position.(b) Appointments may be made without using a certified pool of eligible candidates to trainee or training positions approved by the director for job classes designed to provide job experience to persons pursuing a related degree, certificate or similar credential or job classes for which the state provides formal training programs in the work to be performed.L. 1941, ch. 358, § 21; L. 1967, ch. 448, § 3; L. 1972, ch. 332, § 64; L. 1978, ch. 332, § 15; L. 1981, ch. 335, § 4; L. 1985, ch. 276, § 5; L. 1995, ch. 213, § 10; Dec. 17.