HRS §334-4
Who the mental health director can hire
The state mental health director can hire the staff needed to run the mental health program, as long as money is available. Some top jobs, like psychiatrists and certain managers, are exempt from normal civil service hiring rules. The director can also hire psychiatrists on contract with the governor's approval.
state agencies
The statute, as written — 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.
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