256.10 - EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF.
256.10 EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF.
1. The salary of the director shall be fixed by the governor
within a range established by the general assembly.
2. Appointments to the professional staff of the department shall
be without reference to political party affiliation, religious
affiliation, sex, or marital status, but shall be based solely upon
fitness, ability, and proper qualifications for the particular
position. The professional staff shall serve at the discretion of
the director. A member of the professional staff shall not be
dismissed for cause without appropriate due process procedures
including a hearing.
3. The director may employ full-time professional staff for less
than twelve months each year, but such staff shall be employed by the
director for at least nine months of each year. Salaries for
full-time professional staff employed as provided in this subsection
shall be comparable to other professional staff, adjusting for time
worked. Salaries for professional staff employed for periods of less
than twelve months shall be paid during each month of the year in
which they are employed on the same schedule as full-time permanent
professional staff. The director shall provide for and the
department shall pay for health and dental insurance benefits for
twelve months each year for the full-time professional staff employed
as provided in this subsection, and the health and dental insurance
benefits provided shall be comparable to the benefits provided to all
other professional staff employed by the director. Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1410; 97 Acts, ch 212, §21; 2002 Acts, ch
1140, §6
Referred to in § 256.9