§ 42-6-2 - Heads of departments.
SECTION 42-6-2
§ 42-6-2 Heads of departments. – The governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and general treasurer,hereinafter called general officers, shall each be in charge of a department.There shall also be a director of administration, a director of revenue, adirector of public safety, a director of human services, a director of mentalhealth, retardation, and hospitals, a director of transportation, a director ofbusiness regulation, a director of labor and training, a director ofenvironmental management, a director for children, youth, and families, adirector of elderly affairs, and a director of corrections. Each director shallhold office at the pleasure of the governor and he or she shall serve until hisor her successor is duly appointed and qualified unless the director is removedfrom office by special order of the governor.