245.216 - Personnel exempted from merit system. - Nevada Statutes

245.216  Personnel exempted from merit system.  There shall be exempted from the provisions of NRS 245.213, 245.214 and 245.215:

      1.  All department heads appointed and elected and the county administrator or county manager of the county.

      2.  A number of employees in each department excluding the department head as designated by the department head, which shall not exceed 3 percent of the permanently established positions as authorized by the board of county commissioners.

      3.  All persons holding temporary or provisional appointments, the duration of which does not exceed 6 months.

      (Added to NRS by 1969, 828; A 1973, 1140)