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212.635 Commissioner -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Duties.
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The board shall appoint a commissioner for the department with the
qualifications specified and subject to the provisions set forth under subsection
(3) of this section.
The board shall hear and decide appeals from rulings, decisions, and actions
of the department or commissioner, where the aggrieved party makes a written
request to the board within thirty (30) days after the ruling, decision, or action
complained of.
The commissioner shall be a physician, qualified by training in public health,
preventive medicine and public administration and duly qualified and licensed
or eligible for a license as a medical practitioner in the Commonwealth of
Kentucky. He shall receive an annual salary as prescribed by the board subject
to the provisions of the department's merit system, payable as other salaries
are paid, and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. If the commissioner is
removed by the board he shall be notified in writing. Before his removal shall
become effective, the commissioner shall have fourteen (14) calendar days
within which to make a written request for a hearing. The board shall not be
required to hold a hearing unless so requested by the commissioner. If no such
request is made the removal shall become effective upon the expiration of the
fourteen (14) day period. If a request for a hearing is made the hearing shall be
held at the office of the board within fourteen (14) calendar days after the
request is received by the board. The commissioner shall not be removed until
after a hearing has been held if requested and a decision rendered by the
board. The board's decision shall be final.
The commissioner shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office, which
shall include teaching, research, service and administrative duties, and shall
not engage in the private practice of medicine. He shall serve as secretary to
the board and keep full minutes of the proceedings of the board. The
commissioner shall be the chief administrative officer of the department. The
commissioner may employ and fix the compensation of, by contract or
otherwise, all medical, technical, clerical, professional, and other employees
necessary for the maintenance and operation of the department in accordance
with the merit system as established by the board.
Effective:July 1, 1977
History: Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 347, sec. 9, effective July 1, 1977.
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