Sec. 3. (a) For the conduct of the state health laboratory, the state department shall employ and appoint a superintendent other than the state health commissioner.
(b) The superintendent shall have charge of and manage the state health laboratory. The superintendent is entitled to receive a salary established by the state department subject to approval by the budget agency. The superintendent must be learned and skilled in bacteriology and pathology.
(c) The state department shall also employ a skilled chemist, whose salary is established by the state department subject to approval by the budget agency.
(d) Both appointees must be temperate, healthy, well recommended, and of good moral character.
(e) The state department may employ employees the state department considers necessary for the successful conduct of the laboratory. The state department may define the duties and fix the compensation of the employees, whose employment is by consent of the governor.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-9-3-3.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.2.