N.J.A.C. 4A:4-4.3 Certification from appropriate lists

In plain language

An empty or short list is not the end of the process. Where no eligible list exists for a title, or the one that exists cannot produce a complete certification, the Chairperson or designee may authorise certification from the list for an appropriate title at the same or a higher level in the same or a related series. Four conditions have to hold together: substantially similar education and experience requirements, knowledge, skills and abilities that were actually evaluated in the examination process, a geographic scope of eligibility that covers where the original title sits, and use of the borrowed list only to supplement the existing one into a complete certification. A second route crosses jurisdictions. On a written request from the appointing authority, a common or similar State or local service list may be used the same way, and only people who have expressed an interest in working in that jurisdiction are certified. In local service, regular reemployment lists reach every appointing authority in the jurisdiction except school districts.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:4-4.3. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.