204. EMERGENCY APPOINTMENTS

EMERGENCY APPOINTMENTS The personnel authority may make noncompetitive emergency appointments for not more than thirty (30) days to provide essential services in situations of natural disaster or catastrophes when normal employment procedures are impracticable. Pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 7-2304(b)(16), whenever there is an emergency executive order in effect, the Director of the Department of Human Resources, when necessary and appropriate to address the emergency, may authorize the appointment of qualified individuals into Career and Educational Service positions without competition. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 4342 (October 3, 1980); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 2869 (March 19, 2021). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Government Personnel 6-B DCMR § 204