253.40—Certificate for appointment.
(a)
Upon receipt of a request for certification of eligibles, a sufficient number of names to permit the appointing officer to consider three eligibles in connection with each vacancy shall be certified from the top of the appropriate register. Certificates may contain fewer than three names, if fewer than three eligibles are available and the requesting agency consents to issuance of such a certificate.
(c)
If the number of eligibles on the register is insufficient, CEO, in consultation with the employing agency, will determine whether selective certification is to be made from another register, whether a recruiting campaign to attract applicants for examination should be initiated, or whether examining action is to be taken in accordance with § 253.37 or a temporary appointment authorized in accordance with § 253.43.
(d)
When there is no register appropriate as a whole for certification for filling a particular position, there may be certified selectively from the most nearly appropriate existing register the names of eligibles who are qualified for the particular position. Such eligibles shall be certified in the order of their ranking. Eligibles on the register may, when appropriate, be rerated on the basis of the particular requirements of the position.
(e)
Certification shall be made without regard to sex, unless the appointing officer requests and justifies referral of eligibles of a specified sex.
(f)
Certification must be limited to eligibles residing in the Republic of Panama except when persons possessing the requisite skills and qualifications are not found in the Republic of Panama.