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MARICOPA COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

301 W. Jefferson Street, Suite 200, Phoenix, AZ 85003-2195

Fax: (602) 506-3313

EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCE POINTS

Effective August 27, 1977, Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) § 38-492 was amended and authorized preference points (not

%) for 4 major categories of applicants for merit system employment:

VETERAN (5 points): A veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States separated

under honorable conditions following more than six months of active duty.

II.

DISABLED VETERAN (10 points): An honorably separated veteran who served on active

duty in the Armed Forces at any time and who has a service-connected disability or is

receiving compensation or disability retirement benefits under laws administered by the

Veterans Administration, Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, or Public Health Service.

III.

VETERAN'S SPOUSE or SURVIVING SPOUSE (5 points): A spouse or surviving spouse

of any of the following:

Any veteran who died of a service-connected disability.

Any member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who at the time

of application is listed by the Secretary of Defense of the United States in

any of the following categories for not less than ninety days:

Missing in action.

Captured in the line of duty by a hostile force.

Forcibly detained or interned in the line of duty by a

foreign government or power.

A person who has a total, permanent disability resulting from a service-

connected disability or any person who died while such disability was in

existence.

IV.

HANDICAPPED PERSON (5 points): Anyone who has a physical or mental impairment

which substantially limits one or more major life activities or has a record of such an

impairment or is regarded as having such an impairment.

"Qualified handicapped person" means, with respect to employment, a

handicapped person who, with reasonable accommodation, can perform

the essential functions of the job in question.

"Physical or mental impairment" means:

Any

physiological

disorder

condition,

cosmetic

disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one or more of

the

following

body

systems:

neurological;

musculoskeletal; special sense organs; respiratory,

including speech organs; cardiovascular; reproductive;

digestive; genito-urinary; hemic and lymphatic; skin; and

endocrine.

Any mental or psychological disorder, such as mental

retardation, organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental

illness, and specific learning disabilities.

"Major life activities" means functions such as caring for one's self, performing

manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning and working.

Claim For Employment Preference Points

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