(a)
(1) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services, with the advice and consent of the Governor, shall employ the heads of the various divisions of the Department of Human Services.
(2) The heads of the respective offices, sections, or units of the department and all other personnel of the department shall be employed by and serve at the pleasure of the secretary.
(b)
(1) However, the directors of the various institutions and programs under the jurisdiction and control of the Department of Human Services State Institutional System Board and the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services within the Department of Human Services shall be named by the Department of Human Services State Institutional System Board and the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services, with the concurrence of the secretary.
(2) All personnel employed in the institutions under the management and control of the Department of Human Services State Institutional System Board and the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services shall be named by the directors thereof, under the departmental rules related to personnel, and all personnel records of the institutions of the Department of Human Services State Institutional System Board and the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services shall be in conformance with the general personnel policies promulgated by the secretary for other employees of the department.
(c) Nothing in this act shall be construed to reduce any rights which an employee of the department or the various divisions, offices, sections, or units thereof shall have under any civil service or merit system.
Structure Arkansas Code
Chapter 10 - Department of Human Services
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 25-10-102. Organization generally
§ 25-10-104. Developmental disabilities services — Board of Developmental Disabilities Services
§ 25-10-106. Division heads and other personnel
§ 25-10-107. Reports by divisions
§ 25-10-108. Coordination of programs, procedures, etc., of department and institutional boards
§ 25-10-109. Institutional services generally — Development of admission policies, etc
§ 25-10-110. Institutional services generally — Charges
§ 25-10-111. Budgeting generally
§ 25-10-113. Disposition of direct services funds
§ 25-10-114. Developmental disabilities — Special authorization — Cash funds
§ 25-10-115. County offices of human services
§ 25-10-116. Advisory committees generally
§ 25-10-118. Child support enforcement program — Reports
§ 25-10-119. Certification of vouchers
§ 25-10-120. Research and Training Institute
§ 25-10-121. Proceeds from the sale of land — Deposit in special trust fund
§ 25-10-122. Office of Minority Mental Health — Creation
§ 25-10-123. Programs and policies — Development
§ 25-10-124. Administration of state or federal funds
§ 25-10-126. Grants-in-aid — Conditions for receiving funds
§ 25-10-127. Advance disbursements
§ 25-10-130. Employee assistance programs — Prohibition of agreement for services
§ 25-10-132. Medical services and county operations — Use of local funds
§ 25-10-133. Mental health services — Transfer provision
§ 25-10-134. Community-based residential programs — Rules
§ 25-10-136. Private service contract notice required
§ 25-10-137. Private service contract performance evaluation requirement
§ 25-10-138. Education requirements for certain Division of Youth Services employees
§ 25-10-139. Training requirements for certain Division of Youth Services employees
§ 25-10-141. Subpoenas in administrative adjudications
§ 25-10-143. Advisory opinions — Definition
§ 25-10-144. Governor's Advisory Commission on National Service and Volunteerism — Creation