A person may be employed by a county board of developmental disabilities as a conditional status service and support administrator only if either of the following is true:

1. (A) The person has at least an appropriate associate degree;

2. (B) The person meets both of the following requirements:

   1. (1) The person was employed by the county board and performed service and support administration duties on June 30, 2005;
   2. (2) The person holds a high school diploma or a general educational development certificate of high school equivalence.