2006 Ohio Revised Code - 124.23. Examinations.

§ 124.23. Examinations.
 

(A)  All applicants for positions and places in the classified service shall be subject to examination, except for applicants for positions as professional or certified service and paraprofessional employees of county boards of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, who shall be hired in the manner provided in section 124.241 [124.24.1] of the Revised Code. 

(B)  Any examination administered under this section shall be public, and open to all citizens of the United States and those persons who have legally declared their intentions of becoming United States citizens, within certain limitations to be determined by the director of administrative services, as to citizenship, age, experience, education, health, habit, and moral character; provided any soldier, sailor, marine, coast guarder, member of the auxiliary corps as established by congress, member of the army nurse corps or navy nurse corps, or red cross nurse who has served in the army, navy, or hospital service of the United States, and such other military service as is designated by congress, including World War I, World War II, or during the period beginning May 1, 1949, and lasting so long as the armed forces of the United States are engaged in armed conflict or occupation duty, or the selective service or similar conscriptive acts are in effect in the United States, whichever is the later date, who has been honorably discharged therefrom or transferred to the reserve with evidence of satisfactory service, and is a resident of Ohio, may file with the director of administrative services a certificate of service or honorable discharge, whereupon the person shall receive additional credit of twenty per cent of the person's total grade given in the regular examination in which the person receives a passing grade. Such examination may include an evaluation of such factors as education, training, capacity, knowledge, manual dexterity, and physical or psychological fitness. Examinations shall consist of one or more tests in any combination. Tests may be written, oral, physical, demonstration of skill, or an evaluation of training and experiences and shall be designed to fairly test the relative capacity of the persons examined to discharge the particular duties of the position for which appointment is sought. Where minimum or maximum requirements are established for any examination they shall be specified in the examination announcement. 
 

The director of administrative services shall have control of all examinations, except as otherwise provided in sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised Code. No questions in any examination shall relate to political or religious opinions or affiliations. No credit for seniority, efficiency, or any other reason shall be added to an applicant's examination grade unless the applicant achieves at least the minimum passing grade on the examination without counting such extra credit. 
 

Except as otherwise provided in sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised Code, the director of administrative services shall give reasonable notice of the time, place, and general scope of every competitive examination for appointment to a position in the civil service. The director of administrative services shall send written, printed, or electronic notices of every examination of the state classified service to each agency of the type the director of job and family services specifies and, in the case of a county in which no such agency is located, to the clerk of the court of common pleas of that county and to the clerk of each city of that county. Such notices, promptly upon receipt, shall be posted in conspicuous public places in the designated agencies and the courthouse, and city hall of the cities, of the counties in which no such agency is located. Such notices shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the office of the director of administrative services for at least two weeks before any examination. In case of examinations limited by the director of administrative services to a district, county, city, or department, the director of administrative services shall provide by rule for adequate publicity of such examinations in the district, county, city, or department within which competition is permitted. 
 

HISTORY: GC § 486-10; 103 v 698, § 10; 106 v 400; 108 v PtII, 1198; 111 v 389; 114 v 169; 119 v 743; 120 v 102; 124 v 40; Bureau of Code Revision, RC § 143.16, 10-1-53; 128 v 1049 (Eff 11-2-59); 133 v S 297 (Eff 8-18-69); RC § 124.23, 135 v S 174 (Eff 12-4-73); 137 v H 412 (Eff 5-23-78); 137 v H 349 (Eff 10-25-78); 142 v S 155 (Eff 6-24-88); 146 v H 117 (Eff 9-29-95); 146 v S 99 (Eff 10-25-95); 148 v H 470 (Eff 7-1-2000); 149 v H 513. Eff 3-31-2003.
 

Former RC § 124.23 (133 v S 386) was renumbered RC § 128.23 in 135 v S 174. RC § 128.23 was repealed in 135 v H 870, eff 12-3-74.