135.2 - APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR AND ACTING DIRECTOR.

        135.2  APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR AND ACTING DIRECTOR.
         1. a.  The governor shall appoint the director of the
      department, subject to confirmation by the senate.  The director
      shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.  The director is exempt
      from the merit system provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV.  The
      governor shall set the salary of the director within the range
      established by the general assembly.
         b.  The director shall possess education and experience in
      public health.
         2.  The director may appoint an employee of the department to be
      acting director, who shall have all the powers and duties possessed
      by the director.  The director may appoint more than one acting
      director but only one acting director shall exercise the powers and
      duties of the director at any time.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C97, S13, § 2564; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2182, 2184, 2185;
      C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, § 135.2, 135.4, 135.5;
      C81, § 135.2] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1102; 88 Acts, ch 1158, §32; 2003 Acts, ch
      145, §186; 2006 Acts, ch 1184, §75
         Referred to in § 513C.3
         Confirmation; §2.32