Section 10-9-3 - Definitions. - New Mexico Statutes

10-9-3. Definitions.

As used in the Personnel Act [10-9-1 NMSA 1978]:   

A.     "director" means the personnel director;   

B.     "board" means the personnel board;   

C.     "service" means the state personnel service created by the Personnel Act, and includes all positions covered by the Personnel Act;   

D.     "position" means any state office, job, or position of employment;   

E.     "employer" means any authority having power to fill positions, in an agency;   

F.     "agency" means any state department, bureau, division, branch or administrative group which is under the same employer;   

G.     "class" means a group of positions similar enough in powers and responsibilities that they can be covered by the same qualifications and rate of pay;   

H.     "test" means a test of the qualifications, fitness and ability, and includes tests that are written, oral, physical or in the form of a demonstration of skill or any combination thereof;   

I.     "employee" means a person in a position in the service who has completed his probationary period; and   

J.     "probationer" means a person in a position in the service who is still in the probationary period for that position.