73-21-79 - Executive director; additional employees; legal counsel [Repealed effective July 1, 2011].

§ 73-21-79. Executive director; additional employees; legal counsel [Repealed effective July 1, 2011].
 

(1)  The board shall employ an executive director of the board. The executive director shall be a citizen of Mississippi and a pharmacist licensed and in good standing to practice pharmacy in the State of Mississippi, who has had five (5) years' experience as a pharmacist. 

(2)  The executive director shall receive a salary to be set by the board, subject to the approval of the State Personnel Board, and shall be entitled to necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his official duties. He shall devote full time to the duties of his office and shall not be engaged in any other business that will interfere with the duties of his office. 

(3)  The duties and responsibilities of the executive director shall be defined by rules and regulations prescribed by the board. 

(4)  The board may, in its discretion, employ persons in addition to the executive director in such other positions or capacities as it deems necessary to the proper conduct of board business. Any pharmacist-investigator employed by the board may have other part-time employment, provided that he shall not accept any employment that would cause a conflict of interest in his pharmacist-investigator duties. The board may employ legal counsel to assist in the conduct of its business. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1983, ch. 414, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 527, § 5; Laws, 1992, ch. 531 § 3; Laws, 1993, ch. 416, § 6; reenacted without change, Laws, 1998, ch. 511, § 6; reenacted without change, Laws, 2002, ch. 501, § 6; reenacted and amended, Laws, 2006, ch. 533, § 6, eff from and after June 30, 2006.