2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 284 - State Human Resources System › NRS 284.160 - Preparation, maintenance and revision of master classification plan for classified service; annual review of classification plans of appointing authorities; changes in plan; procedure for making certain changes without approval of Commission.

1. The Administrator shall prepare, maintain and revise as necessary a master classification plan for all positions in the classified service, based upon similarity of duties and responsibilities, so that the same qualifications may reasonably be required for, and the same schedule of pay may be equitably applied to, all positions in the same class.
2. In determining the qualifications that may be reasonably required for all positions in the same class pursuant to subsection 1, the Administrator shall periodically review each class of positions in the classified service which require a person to hold a bachelor’s degree and, whenever the Administrator deems it necessary for the efficiency of the public service, revise the qualifications to allow a person to substitute equivalent experience or skills in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.
3. The Administrator shall review annually the classification plan of each appointing authority using the audit function developed and implemented pursuant to NRS 284.107.
4. Subject to the provisions of subsection 5, with the approval of the Administrator, an appointing authority may make changes in the classification of positions within its agency whenever the appointing authority deems it necessary for the efficiency of the public service.
5. The classification plan and changes therein are subject to approval by the Commission, except that the Administrator, at the request of an appointing authority, may make a change in the classification plan without the prior approval of the Commission if:
(a) The Administrator deems it necessary for the efficiency of the public service;
(b) The change is not proposed in conjunction with an occupational study; and
(c) The Administrator, at least 20 working days before acting upon the proposed change:
(1) Provides written notice of the proposal to each member of the Commission, to all departments and to any head of an employees’ organization who requests notice of such proposals; and
(2) Posts a written notice of the proposal in each of the principal offices of the Division.
Any occupational study conducted by the Division in connection with the preparation, maintenance or revision of the classification plan must be approved by the Commission.
6. If no written objection to the proposed change to the classification plan is received by the Administrator before the date it is scheduled to be acted upon, the Administrator may effect the change. The Administrator shall report to the Commission any change in the classification plan made without its approval at the Commission’s next succeeding regular meeting.
7. If a written objection is received before the date the proposed change is scheduled to be acted upon, the Administrator shall place the matter on the agenda of the Commission for consideration at its next succeeding regular meeting.
[Part 22:351:1953]—(NRS A 1963, 1041; 1983, 625; 1985, 151; 1991, 453; 2023, 2443, 3565)