§334-4  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.
[L 1967, c 259, pt of §1; HRS §334-4; gen ch 1985; am L 1996, c 125, §2; am L
1998, c 97, §1; am L 1999, c 119, §4; am L 2000, c 253, §150]