(1) Only a public officer or a public employee upon whom the public officer has delegated authority shall, consistent with law, take actions, including, but not limited to:
(a) Selecting state employees;
(b) Approving position descriptions, performance standards, or salary adjustments for state employees; and
(c) Hiring, promoting, disciplining, demoting, and dismissing a state employee.
(2) Only a public officer shall, consistent with law, commission and appoint state officers.
History.—s. 7, ch. 2006-224.