§ 18938

The department or a designated appointing power may issue certificates of competence to candidates who are successful in certain phases of examinations involving a particular knowledge, ability, or skill. For the period named in such a certificate, the department or a designated appointing power may accept it as evidence of the candidate’s competence in lieu of participation in that phase of an examination.

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 360, Sec. 30. (SB 1309) Effective January 1, 2013.)