Subject to the supervision, direction, and control of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, the office director shall administer the policies and regulations established by the department's director. The office director may appoint and, in his discretion, remove all other officers and employees of the office subject to the approval of the department's director.

HISTORY: 1990, Act No. 496, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1078; 2011 Act No. 47, SECTION 2, eff June 7, 2011; 2025 Act No. 3 (S.2), SECTION 7, eff April 28, 2025.

Effect of Amendment

2025 Act No. 3, SECTION 7, twice inserted "office" preceding "director" and twice substituted "department's director" for "commission" throughout the section; in the first sentence, substituted "Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities" for "commission"; in the second sentence, substituted "office" for "department"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.