Any veteran, as provided in Code Section 45-2-21, who has at least a 10 percent service connected disability, as rated and certified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, shall be entitled to and shall have ten points added to his passing score on any competitive civil service examination, said ten-point preference being in lieu of and not in addition to any other similar preference accorded by law.
(Ga. L. 1969, p. 642, § 2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45; Ga. L. 1990, p. 45, § 1.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
C.J.S.
- 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 37, 39, 69.
ALR.
- Character of service or connection with military or naval service necessary to entitle one to benefit of veterans' prefer statute in relation to civil service, 87 A.L.R. 1002.
Constitutionality of state veterans' public employment preference laws, 161 A.L.R. 494.
ARTICLE 3 PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES
Cross references.
- Confidentiality of medical information, § 24-12-10 et seq.
Power of Department of Human Resources to require reporting of certain diseases and injuries, § 31-12-2.
Disclosure of medical records and other medical information pertaining to the mentally ill, the mentally retarded, alcoholics, etc. §§ 37-3-166,37-4-125,37-7-166.
Medical and physical examination program: Prospective state employees, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of State Personnel Board, Chapter 478-4.