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N.J.A.C. 4A:4-2.14 Accommodation and waiver of examinations for persons with disabilities

N.J.A.C. 4A:4-2.14, Accommodation and waiver of examinations for persons with disabilities. Otherwise qualified applicants with disabilities may request an accommodation in taking an examination by indicating their request for accommodation on the Full text with 3 recorded amendments, 12 citing dec

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Current through New Jersey Register, Vol. 58 No. 14, July 20, 2026. Reviewed as of July 26, 2026.

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In plain language

Accommodation is asked for on the application itself, by indicating the request there; Commission staff then make reasonable accommodation where appropriate and tell the candidate the arrangements. Waiver is the separate and larger remedy. The Chairperson or designee may waive an examination for an otherwise qualified candidate or provisional whose physical, mental or emotional affliction, injury, dysfunction, impairment or disability makes the testing procedure not practicable, yet does not prevent satisfactory performance of the title under actual conditions of service. A written waiver request has to carry the examination title and symbol number, or the provisional's title and employer, a statement from an appointing authority using the title that the person can perform the duties in actual service, a physician's statement with supporting medical documentation, the history of any earlier application, examination or accommodation for that title, and agreement to undergo further physical or psychological examinations if asked. Where reasonable accommodation can be made, the waiver is denied and the accommodation arranged instead. Where it cannot, the Chairperson or designee decides whether to grant the waiver and what follows: employment or placement on an eligible list, and in appropriate cases seniority.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:4-2.14. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) Otherwise qualified applicants with disabilities may request an accommodation in taking an examination by indicating their request for accommodation on the examination application. #

1. Upon receipt of the request for accommodation, Civil Service Commission staff shall make reasonable accommodation where appropriate and notify the candidate of the arrangements. #

(b) The Chairperson or designee may waive an examination for an otherwise qualified candidate or provisional with a physical, mental, or emotional affliction, injury, dysfunction, impairment, or disability that makes it physically or psychologically not practicable to undergo the testing procedure for a particular title, but does not prevent satisfactory performance of the title's responsibilities under conditions of actual service. #

1. A request for waiver shall be in writing, filed with the Chairperson or designee and contain: #

i. The examination's title and symbol number, or in the case of a provisional, his or her title and employer; #

ii. A statement from an appointing authority utilizing the title that the individual can satisfactorily perform the duties of that title under actual conditions of service; #

iii. A physician's statement with supporting medical documentation; #

iv. Whether the individual has previously filed for or taken an examination for that title, the results, if any, and whether an accommodation has previously been made; and #

v. Agreement to undergo any additional physical or psychological examinations that the Chairperson or designee deems appropriate. #

(c) If reasonable accommodation can be made, the waiver request will be denied and arrangements will be made for such accommodation. #

(d) If reasonable accommodation is not possible, the Chairperson or designee will decide whether to grant a waiver, and if granted, whether the candidate will be employed or placed on an eligible list and in appropriate cases, granted seniority. #

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 3 recorded changes.

  1. AmendedR.2017 d.142
    49 N.J.R. 492(a); 49 N.J.R. 2239(a)
  2. AmendedR.1994 d.72
    25 N.J.R. 4821(b); 26 N.J.R. 794(b)
  3. AmendedR.1993 d.270
    25 N.J.R. 1085(b); 25 N.J.R. 2509(a)

How this rule has been applied

12 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:4-2.14. The list below is citations to those decisions, not the decisions. We have not written summaries for this section. A citation with no summary is deliberate: we do not paraphrase a decision we have not read. Nothing here is legal advice.

Civil Service Commission final determinations (12)

Commission decisions citing 4A:4-2.14

15 decisions of the Civil Service Commission since January 16, 2019 cite this section (denied 9, granted 3, granted in part 2, as the minutes record the outcome). The newest:

All 15 decisions

Rules that point here

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