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Statutes > Virginia > Title-51-5 > Chapter-13 > 51-5-109§ 51.5-109. Director; appointment; compensation; qualifications.
The Governor shall appoint a Director of the Department who shall serve atthe pleasure of the Governor and shall be paid such compensation as theGovernor may fix.
The Director may be either a person who is deaf or hard-of-hearing or onewith normal hearing, but shall be a trained professional who is experiencedin problems of the deaf and hard-of-hearing and skilled in the use of manualcommunication, commonly referred to as sign language.
(1972, c. 543, § 63.1-85.2; 1978, c. 603; 1983, c. 440; 1984, c. 670; 2002,c. 747.)
