The Department will prescribe standards for the recruitment, selection, tenure, removal and working conditions of all personnel employed by county departments of health, except that the Department shall have no authority to do any of the following:

1. (1) Direct or require the selection of any individual.
2. (2) Order the manner or amount of compensation of any employe.
3. (3) Direct or require the removal of any individual employed in accordance with the standards set forth in this chapter.