(a) Admission to tests shall be open to all persons who are desirous of taking the examination in accordance with specified regulations issued by the Director of Personnel with the approval of the Governor. The Director of Personnel may, however, reject the application of any person for admission to a test or may remove the name of any person from a list or refuse to certify the name of any person from a list for a position if he finds that such person lacks any of the required qualifications. The Director of Personnel may also reject any applicant who is found physically unfit to perform effectively the duties of the position in which he seeks employment, or is addicted to the habitual excessive use of drugs or intoxicating liquor, or has been convicted of a crime or guilty of any notoriously disgraceful conduct, or has been dismissed from the public service or has made a false statement of material fact or practiced or attempted to practice any fraud or deception in his application or test or in attempting to secure appointment.
(b) Any person refused admission to any test because of prejudice may appeal to the Board. Upon certification by the Board that such person possesses the necessary qualifications, the Board shall order that he be permitted to take a test. If, as the result of such test, the applicant is found to be eligible, the Board shall have his name placed on the list.