{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-18938","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 18938","heading":"","body":"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.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","DIVISION 5. PERSONNEL [18000. - 22980.]","PART 2. STATE CIVIL SERVICE [18500. - 19799.]","CHAPTER 4. Employment Lists [18900. - 18993.]","ARTICLE 2. Examinations [18930. - 18941.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"a4270c6cbe722472d2d8fde58dcb6c4991c77ff046aeec7856ec7a4b849a1252","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-18937","next":"us-ca/gov-18938.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}