(a) The department may appoint officers and employees as it may require for the performance of its duties and shall fix and determine their qualifications, duties, and authority. The employees of the department, except the Commissioner of Corrections and the deputy commissioners of corrections, not to exceed three, shall be subject to the law with respect to the method, selection, classification, and compensation of state employees on a basis of merit.
(b) The Department of Corrections shall not rescind any employee position with the classification of "correctional officer" and replace them with an employee of a lower classification or pay.
(c) The rules and regulations of the State Personnel Department shall not be applicable to the appointment, tenure, or compensation of physicians, surgeons, psychiatrists, psychologists, dentists, or allied professional supportive personnel employed by the department.
(d) The deputy commissioners and all other appointed personnel shall serve at the pleasure of the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.
Chapter 1 - Board and Department of Corrections.
Section 14-1-1.1 - Department of Corrections - Creation, Duties, Responsibilities, Etc.
Section 14-1-1.2 - Department of Corrections - Administration of Penal and Corrections Institutions.
Section 14-1-1.3 - Commissioner of Corrections - Appointment; Salary; Duties.
Section 14-1-1.4 - Commissioner of Corrections - Qualifications; Oath; Bond.
Section 14-1-1.5 - Deputy Commissioners; Appointment; Duties; Qualifications; Salary.
Section 14-1-4 - Officers and Employees Generally.
Section 14-1-4.1 - Perry County Facility Employment and Appointments.
Section 14-1-5 - Bond of Officers and Employees.
Section 14-1-7 - Administrative Divisions; Chiefs of Divisions.
Section 14-1-8 - Functions and Duties - Generally.
Section 14-1-10 - Functions and Duties - Power and Authority - Exercise; Restrictions.
Section 14-1-11 - Functions and Duties - Power and Authority - Rules and Regulations.
Section 14-1-13 - Fiscal Year; Annual Report; Periodic Recommendations.
Section 14-1-14 - Corrections Revolving Fund.
Section 14-1-19 - Acceptance and Redispensing of Unused Prescription Medications.
Section 14-1-20 - Hiring and Retention of Correctional Officers.
Section 14-1-21 - Costs of Health Care Reimbursed to County; per Diem for Housing and Care.