1. (1) As executive head of the Department, to direct and supervise all its administrative and technical activities.
2. (2) To appoint all employees of the Department except the Director and the members of the Board, and to direct and control their work.
3. (3) To direct and control, under the customary financial procedures of the state, the expenditures for the Department.
4. (4) To designate an employee of the Department to act as his deputy, upon whom the powers and duties of the Director shall devolve in the absence of the Director or his inability from any cause to discharge the powers and duties of his office.

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §36-26-8.

History: Filed September 29, 1981. Amended: Filed May 20, 2015; effective June 24, 2015.