Sec. 5-221. Rejection of applicants. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 5-221. Rejection of applicants. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may reject the application of any person for admission to an examination for establishing a candidate list for the classified service, or refuse to examine any applicant for such service, who has been found to lack any of the established qualifications for the position for which he applies or for which he has been examined or who is physically or medically unfit to perform effectively the duties of the position in which he seeks employment or who is addicted to the habitual use of drugs or intoxicating liquors or who has been dismissed from the public service for delinquency, incompetency, misconduct or neglect of duty, or who has made a false statement of any material fact or practiced or attempted to practice any deception or fraud in his application, in his examination or in securing his eligibility or appointment.

      (b) The commissioner may establish reasonable procedures concerning investigation of the character, reputation, experience and training of applicants.

      (1967, P.A. 657, S. 30; P.A. 73-347, S. 2, 7; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 610; P.A. 92-165, S. 11, 32.)

      History: P.A. 73-347 prohibited rejection of application or exclusion from test because person found guilty of crime, such ground for exclusion or rejection having been previously permissible; P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 92-165 changed "test" to "examination" and "employment list" to "candidate list" and deleted language concerning refusal to certify the name of an eligible.