The State Accrediting Agency shall:
(a) Select its officers from its membership.
(b) Adopt necessary rules governing its proceedings.
(c) Be authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of a director, shall employ and fix the duties and compensation of such clerical or other assistants necessary to effectuate the provisions of Sections 241 and 242 of this title, and approve all expenditures. The Agency shall elect officers annually. Except as provided in Sections 840.8 and 840.10 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, all officers, positions and employees of the State Accrediting Agency shall be subject to the provisions of the Merit System of Personnel Administration as created by the Oklahoma Personnel Act, Section 840.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and the rules promulgated thereunder. Nothing contained herein shall change the classified or unclassified status of any person employed by the State Accrediting Agency on the effective date of this act.
Added by Laws 1953, p. 402, § 2, emerg. eff. May 18, 1953. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 176, § 3, emerg. eff. June 7, 1983; Laws 1994, c. 333, § 2, emerg. eff. June 8, 1994.