Temporary appointment -- Emergency appointment.
Utah Code § 17-76-211
in effect17-76-211. Temporary appointment -- Emergency appointment.
(1) An appointing authority may make a temporary appointment for a period not exceeding 60 days, pending examination, when there is no existing eligible, promotion, or re-employment register.
(2)
(a) An appointing authority may make an emergency appointment for a period not exceeding seven days.
(b) With the commission's consent, the appointing authority may extend an emergency appointment one time, for an additional period not to exceed seven days, if:
(i) an eligible applicant is not immediately available from an existing eligible register, promotion register described in Section 17-76-210, or reemployment register described in Section 17-76-212; and
(ii) the work to be performed is necessary to expedite the public business.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 14, 2025 Special Session 1
Source: Utah Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel (le.utah.gov)URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title17/Chapter76/17-76-S211.html?v=C17-76-S211_2025110620251206Fetched: 10/26/2026
