Government Code section 18938

The department or a designated appointing power may issue certificates of competence to candidates who are successful in certain phases of examinations involving a particular knowledge, ability, or skill. For the period named in such a certificate, the department or a designated appointing power may accept it as evidence of the candidate’s competence in lieu of participation in that phase of an examination.

Source: Section 18938, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=18938.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2013; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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