(a) The appointing authority shall make all classified civil service appointments, probationary and permanent. Prior to appointment, the appointing authority shall receive recommendations from the supervisor in whose executive unit the vacancy exists. In all cases the appointing authority shall receive the recommendation of the chief administrative officer prior to a conditional offer being made. After recommendations are submitted to the appointing authority, the individual may authorize the division of human resources to make conditional offers. The division of human resources shall submit a report of all classified civil service appointments to the urban county council within thirty (30) days after the appointment is made.
(b) All classified civil service appointments shall be made only from the list of applicants certified by the commission after examination. Appointments shall be made only by the selection of one (1) of the applicants from the current list of eligible applicants. All such appointments will be probationary pending completion of the probationary period. No employee appointed to a position requiring a physical examination or medical examination, as specified by the director, shall begin work until he has passed the required physical or medical examination. No employee shall be subject to a physical examination or medical examination until after a conditional offer has been made and accepted. If an employee successfully passes his physical examination or medical examination, he may begin his probationary period.
(c) Before permanent appointment, employees shall serve a six (6) month probationary period.
(d) The probationary period shall be used for the effective adjustment of new employees through supervision, counseling and evaluation, as well as for the elimination of any probationary employees who do not meet the required standards of work. The appointing authority may terminate a probationary employee at any time during the probationary period without the right of a hearing before the commission.
(e) No later than two (2) weeks prior to the conclusion of the probationary period, the employee's supervisor shall recommend in writing to the appointing authority the release or permanent appointment of the employee. The supervisor's recommendation shall not be binding on the appointing authority. A recommendation for permanent appointment shall be accompanied by a certification by the supervisor that the employee's probationary period has been successfully completed.
(f) Prior to the conclusion of the probationary period, the appointing authority shall either terminate the employee under the same conditions as in subsection (d) or make a permanent appointment as provided in subsection (a). An employee who is not released prior to service of six (6) months in probationary status shall acquire permanent status automatically.