California Code, Government Code - GOV § 18900.6

(a) The department may authorize the use of skills-based certification for information technology classifications if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

(b) For purposes of this section, “skills-based certification” means the creation of a unique certification list for each vacancy within a class.  Skills-based certification is created by weighting the scores attained by competitors of all measured knowledge, skills, and abilities to reflect their relative importance to the job, as identified by a job analysis for each vacancy.  Skills-based certification shall replace the single eligible list for a classification with a unique list of eligible individuals for each vacancy.  Skills-based certification shall determine the order of individuals on a certification list;  it shall not affect the rules for using certification lists.

(c) The department shall also promulgate regulations specifying how skills-based certification shall be implemented.  Among other things, these regulations shall include provisions to ensure fairness to all candidates and prevent improper manipulation.