Georgia Department of Community Health v. Dillard

Andrews, Judge.

We granted the application of the Georgia Department of Community Health to determine whether the Tift County Superior Court erred when it held that the State Personnel Board exceeded its authority in adopting regulations authorizing an administrative law judge (ALJ) to resolve an appeal from the Board’s termination of a classified state employee, Elizabeth Dillard, without holding an evidentiary hearing. We hold that the regulation at issue does not comport with the Georgia Merit System Act, OCGA § 45-20-1 et seq., in that it denied Dillard, who had been deemed “voluntarily…