36-1943. Executive director; duties
A. The commission shall appoint an executive director who serves at the pleasure of
the commission. The commission may appoint other employees as necessary and shall fix
their compensation and prescribe their powers and duties. With the approval of the
commission, the executive director may contract for professional, technical and clerical
services necessary to carry out functions of the commission.
B. The executive director shall be a trained professional experienced in problems
of the deaf and the hard of hearing and skilled in the use of manual communication,
commonly referred to as sign language, and may be either a deaf person, a person who is
hard of hearing or a person with normal hearing. The executive director shall assist the
commission to implement its programs and activities and to implement this chapter. The
executive director shall not be a commission member. The executive director is eligible
to receive compensation set by the commission within the range determined pursuant to
section 38-611.
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