OAR 839-006-0465: Veterans’ Preference in Public Employment: Certification

(1) A public employer may require an applicant to provide certification that the person is a state servicemember, former state servicemember, eligible veteran, or disabled veteran. (2) An applicant for a position with a public employer claiming veteran's or disabled veteran’s percentage points may submit as certification of eligibility a copy of the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (a federal DD Form 214 or 215) with the application for employment. (3) Disabled veterans may also submit a copy of their veteran's disability preference letter from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, but need not do so if the information is included in the federal DD Form 214/215. (4) An applicant for a position with a public employer claiming state servicemember percentage points may submit as certification of eligibility a copy of the Retirement Accounting Statement (federal DA Form 5016) with the application for employment. (5) An applicant for a position with a public employer claiming former state servicemember percentage points may submit as certification of eligibility, with the application for employment, a copy of: (a) The Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (a federal DD Form 214); or (b) The National Guard Report of Separation and Record of Service (a federal NGB Form 22 or DD Form 214-1). (6) An applicant for a position with a public employer claiming state servicemember, former state servicemember, veteran or disabled veteran percentage points may submit a summary of benefits letter from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or any other official document, provided that the letter or other official document demonstrates that the applicant is a state servicemember, former state servicemember, veteran or disabled veteran, with the application for employment. (7) If a person’s record appears to show service qualifying for the preference the public employer may provisionally designate an applicant as an eligible veteran, disabled veteran, state servicemember or former state servicemember. However, before the person can be appointed, the person must submit proof of the entitlement to the preference.