Section 36-26-16 Certification for employment of handicapped persons. - Alabama Statutes

Section 36-26-16

Certification for employment of handicapped persons.

The state director of personnel shall, upon the request of an appointing authority, add to any certification of three eligible for employment the name of any handicapped person on the eligible list who is certified by the director of the division of rehabilitation and crippled children, state department of education, as being eligible for rehabilitation services; but, the director of the department of personnel may nevertheless not give preference in certification for employment to any handicapped person if he finds such person is physically or otherwise unfit to perform effectively the duties of the position in which he seeks employment.

(Acts 1965, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 119, p. 166.)