When the appointing authority determines that certain knowledge and sign language skills are required in any position in order to effectively work with deaf or hard-of-hearing persons, such requirements shall be incorporated into the specifications of the appropriate job family descriptors. Such requirements shall not be construed as placing additional requirements on persons who are incumbents in such positions at the time such a determination is made.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 51, § 1, emerg. eff. March 21, 1988. Renumbered from § 840.19a of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 246, § 39, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 410, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.