Section 14-3.02-2 - Certification of eligibles(a) Upon receipt of a request for a list of eligibles, the director shall certify names from available lists of eligibles for each vacancy in accordance with this section.(b) The order of eligible lists to be used for certification shall be as follows: (1) Select priority list; (A) Eligibles on the select priority list consists of employees of the executive branch whose services are suspended or terminated because of a work injury;(B) A select priority eligible with a temporary appointment who does not have return rights to a permanent position, shall be certified to temporary vacancies, the duration of which shall not exceed the end date of the eligible's previous temporary appointment; and(C) When there is more than one eligible who is available and qualified for a vacancy, all eligibles shall be certified.(2) Intra-departmental promotional list;(3) Inter-departmental promotional list;(5) Open competitive list. An eligible on an open competitive list shall be certified on the basis of the eligible's examination ratings and availability for work location and duration of employment.(c) Unless the select priority list is used, a certification of eligibles for each vacancy in a department shall consist of a number of eligibles as determined by the appointing authority who are available for the same or related class in the order specified in this section. Eligibles shall be certified in the order that they appear on the eligible list before applying veterans preference, provided that;(1) Veterans whose examination scores, after addition of the applicable preference, are equal to or exceed the examination score of the last eligible certified shall also be certified;(2) When the last eligible to be certified is one of two or more eligibles who have identical examination scores, those two or more eligibles shall also be certified; and(3) A non-resident eligible shall be certified only when resident eligibles are not available; provided, however, if the position has been declared to be in shortage category, or has been approved for recruitment-at-above the minimum pay rate, or has been determined by the director as being difficult-to-fill and provided further that the conditions specified in section 78-1(d), HRS, were met, the director may authorize the certification of non-resident eligibles along with resident eligibles for employment consideration.[Eff 6/11/92, 4/3/00; am and comp 4/1/02; comp DEC 01 2003] (Auth: HRS §§ 26-5, 76-17, SLH 2000, Act 253) (Imp: HRS §§ 26-5, 76-13, 76-17, 78-1, 386-142, SLH 2000, Act 253)