Section 26-16-3

Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board - Creation; executive director; staff.

(a) The State Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board is created as an autonomous agency of the state government.

(b) There shall be an executive director of the state board, appointed by the Governor from a list of candidates submitted under Section 26-16-6(a)(2) of this article. The executive director shall not be a member of the state classified civil service. The executive director shall be compensated by a salary payable out of the State Treasury at the times and in the manner that the salary of other state officials is paid. The exact amount of the executive director's salary shall be set by the board.

(c) The executive director shall hire all staff required to exercise the powers and carry out the duties of the state board. In carrying out the duties provided in subdivisions (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(7), and subsection (b) of Section 26-16-6, the executive director shall coordinate these activities with the State Department of Human Resources, the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, the Department of Public Health, the Department of Education, the Department of Public Safety, and other state agencies as needed. The executive director with the approval of the state board shall have the authority to hire outside the state classified civil service an executive assistant who shall serve at the pleasure of the executive director. The state board shall approve the number of staff members hired and their job descriptions and further shall set the rate of pay or compensation due the executive assistant. Each staff member except the executive director and his executive assistant shall be a member of the state classified civil service.

(Acts 1983, No. 83-736, p. 1198, §3; Acts 1985, No. 85-698, p. 1138; Act 98-601, p. 1313, §1.)