2010 Hawaii Code
DIVISION 1. GOVERNMENT
TITLE 19. HEALTH
334. Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism
§334-4 Personnel for mental health program.
§334-4 Personnel for mental health program. The director shall appoint professional and nonprofessional staff as the director deems necessary to carry out the state mental health program and for which appropriations are available. Positions for psychiatrists are exempted from chapter 76. The director may employ psychiatrists as needed by the department on a contractual basis, subject to the approval of the governor. The director may appoint an administrator, three associate administrators, a director of psychosocial rehabilitation, a chief of the department of nursing, a risk manager, a patients rights advisor, and a facilities plant engineer for the state hospital or a secure psychiatric rehabilitation facility established pursuant to this chapter and these positions shall be exempt from chapter 76. [L 1967, c 259, pt of §1; HRS §334-4; gen ch 1985; am L 1996, c 125, §2; am L 1998, c 97, §1; am L 1999, c 119, §4; am L 2000, c 253, §150]
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