25 NCAC 01A .0103          DEFINITIONS

The following definitions shall apply throughout this Chapter:

(1)           Agency:  shall mean and include, as the context may require, a department, institution, commission, committee, board, division, bureau, officer or official.

(2)           Commission:  shall mean the State Human Resources Commission.

(3)           Department:  shall mean one of the principal state departments but shall also include each state supported institution of higher learning.

(4)           Director:  shall mean the State Human Resources Director.

(5)           State employee:  shall mean all employees of the State of North Carolina who are subject to any part of the State Human Resources Act, unless otherwise indicated in this Chapter.

(6)           Local government employee:  shall mean those employees of local social services departments, public health departments, mental health centers and local offices of civil preparedness which receive federal grant-in-aid funds.

(7)           State Human Resources Act:  shall mean Chapter 126 of the North Carolina General Statutes.

(8)           Competitive service:  shall mean that personnel system based on the Federal Standards for a Merit System of Personnel Administration which applies to state employees and to local government employees determined by the Governor and Council of State.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 126-4; 126-5; 126-12;

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Amended Eff. October 1, 1977;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. October 28, 2014.