Okla. Admin. Code § 1:1985-8
WHEREAS, the provisions of the Executive Order dated November 9, 1959, executed by then-Governor J. Howard Edmondson, ordered that the State Department of Health be placed under the merit system of personnel administration, and;
WHEREAS, Governor Edmondson further ordered that certain designated classes of personnel be exempt from this Order; and
WHEREAS, some of these previously exempted positions would now be more appropriately included within the classified service
NOW THEREFORE, I, GEORGE NIGH, Governor of the State of Oklahoma, by the authority vested in me by the provisions of 74 O.S. Supp. 1983, § 840.3, order that all full-time professional personnel currently employed as Administrative Consultants by the Department of Health be placed under the merit system of personnel administration in accordance with the provisions of 74 O.S. Supp. 1983, § 840.13(1).
I HEREBY FURTHER ORDER that all positions upon becoming vacant shall be filled in accordance with 74 O.S. Supp. 1983, § 840.13(2).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma to be affixed at the State Capitol Building, in the City of Oklahoma City, State of Oklahoma, this 28th day of June, 1985.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
George Nigh
ATTEST:
Esta M. Phipps
Assistant Secretary of State
Okla. Admin. Code § 1:1985-8