In AS 39.25.195 - 39.25.200, (1) 'certified' means signed by the head of a department or agency or by a responsible person designated by the head of a department or agency; (2) 'director' means the director of the division of personnel; (3) 'emergency employee' means an employee appointed for a period not to exceed 30 calendar days, whose appointment was made under conditions requiring immediate action to carry on work that is required in the public interest; (4) 'nonpermanent employee' means a person who is employed in state service in a position that is not in the exempt or partially exempt service and who is not a permanent or an emergency employee; (5) 'permanent employee' means an employee who has been appointed to an authorized, permanent full-time or part-time or permanent seasonal position in the classified service and who is in the process of completing or has successfully completed the required probationary service in that position; (6) 'program or project employee' means a nonpermanent employee, including a student intern, who is employed in state service with prior written understanding that employment in that position will continue for at most the duration of a ans a nonpermanent employee, including a student intern, who is employed in state service with prior written understanding that employment in that position will continue for at most the duration of a specified program or project that is not a regular and continuing function of a department or agency and that has an established probable date of termination.
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