Section 45-35A-51.15
Demotions.
An appointing authority, with the approval of the director, may demote a classified employee under his or her jurisdiction from a position in one class to a position in a lower class, upon giving written notice stating the reasons thereof, but such demotion may be disapproved by the board, after a hearing.
(Acts 1947, No 273, p. 196, §16.)