OCCUPATIONS CODE
CHAPTER 253. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PERSONNEL
§ 253.001. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. (a) The board may
employ an executive director to assist the board in performing its
duties.
(b) The board shall set the executive director's salary.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
§ 253.003. PERSONNEL. (a) The executive director,
with the board's consent, may employ an assistant executive
director to perform the executive director's duties when the
executive director is absent or unable to act.
(b) The board may employ:
(1) committees, clerks, advisors, consultants,
dentists, hygienists, or examiners to assist the board in
performing its duties; and
(2) other persons determined necessary:
(A) to assist the local prosecuting officers of a
county in the enforcement of state laws prohibiting the unlawful
practice of dentistry; and
(B) to carry out other purposes for which funds
are appropriated.
(c) The board shall employ other employees as needed to
assist the executive director in performing the executive
director's duties and in carrying out the purposes of this
subtitle.
(d) A person assisting a local prosecuting officer under
this section is subject to the direction and control of the
prosecuting officer. This subsection does not change the authority
granted by law to the prosecuting officer.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended
by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, § 14.073(a), eff. Sept. 1,
2001.
§ 253.004. DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES. The board
shall develop and implement policies that clearly define the
responsibilities of the board and the staff of the board.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
§ 253.005. QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT
INFORMATION. The board shall provide, as often as necessary, to
its members and employees information regarding:
(1) qualifications for office or employment under this
subtitle; and
(2) responsibilities under applicable laws relating
to standards of conduct for state officers or employees.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
§ 253.006. CAREER LADDER PROGRAM; PERFORMANCE
EVALUATIONS. (a) The executive director or the executive
director's designee shall develop an intra-agency career ladder
program. The program must require the intra-agency postings of all
nonentry level positions concurrently with any public posting.
(b) The executive director or the executive director's
designee shall develop a system of annual performance evaluations.
All merit pay for board employees must be based on the system
established under this subsection.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
§ 253.007. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY POLICY; REPORT. (a) The
executive director or the executive director's designee shall
prepare and maintain a written policy statement to ensure
implementation of an equal employment opportunity program under
which all personnel transactions are made without regard to race,
color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin. The
policy statement must include:
(1) personnel policies, including policies relating
to recruitment, evaluation, selection, appointment, training, and
promotion of personnel that are in compliance with requirements of
Chapter 21, Labor Code;
(2) a comprehensive analysis of the board workforce
that meets federal and state guidelines;
(3) procedures by which a determination can be made of
significant underuse in the board workforce of all persons for whom
federal or state guidelines encourage a more equitable balance;
and
(4) reasonable methods to appropriately address those
areas of significant underuse.
(b) A policy statement prepared under Subsection (a) must:
(1) cover an annual period;
(2) be updated annually;
(3) be reviewed by the Commission on Human Rights for
compliance with Subsection (a)(1); and
(4) be filed with the governor.
(c) The governor shall deliver a biennial report to the
legislature based on the information received under Subsection (b).
The report may be made separately or as a part of other biennial
reports made to the legislature.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
§ 253.008. TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES ON STATE INCENTIVE
PROGRAM. The executive director or the executive director's
designee shall provide to board employees information and training
on the benefits and methods of participation in the state employee
incentive program under Subchapter B, Chapter 2108, Government
Code.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 17, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
