Okla. Admin. Code § 260:25-1-2
The following words and terms, when used in the Personnel Administration Rules, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Absence without leave" and "unauthorized absence" means any absence of an employee from duty without specific approval.
"Act" means the Oklahoma Personnel Act.
"Administrator" means the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. As the term is used in the Personnel Administration Rules, the term includes employees and the Administrator of the Human Capital Management Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to whom the Administrator has lawfully delegated authority to act on his or her behalf.
"Agency" means any office, department, board, commission or institution of the executive branch of state government [74:840 1.3].
"Appointing authority" means the chief administrative officer of an agency [74:840 1.3]. As the term is used in the Personnel Administration Rules, the term includes employees of an agency to whom the Appointing Authority has lawfully delegated authority to act on his or her behalf.
"Break in service" means a period of time in excess of thirty (30) days during which an employee is not present at work and is not in paid leave status or on approved leave without pay.
"Employee" means an elected or appointed officer or employee of an agency unless otherwise indicated [74:840 1.3].
"FLSA" means the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
"FLSA exempt" means employees performing work which is considered to be exempt from the overtime payment provisions of the FLSA.
"FLSA non-exempt" means employees performing work which is considered to be under the overtime payment provisions of the FLSA.
"Human Capital Management Division" as used within the Personnel Administration Rules means the Human Capital Management Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
"Office" means the Office of Management and Enterprise Services [74:840 1.3].
"Office of Management and Enterprise Services" as used within the Personnel Administration Rules, includes the Human Capital Management Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
"Oklahoma Personnel Act" means Sections 8401.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
"Part-time employee" means an employee who works less than full time.
"Personnel Administration Rules" means rules adopted by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services pursuant to the Oklahoma Personnel Act. The Merit Rules previously contained in this Chapter are replaced by the Personnel Administration Rules. Wherever the Merit Rules are referenced in this Chapter, that reference shall be construed to mean the Personnel Administration Rules.
"Resignation" means an employee's voluntary termination of his or her employment with the state.
"Supervisor" means an employee [within the executive branch, excluding employees within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education 74:840 3.1] who has been assigned authority and responsibility for evaluating the performance of [other state employees] 74:840 1.3].
Okla. Admin. Code § 260:25-1-2