Colorado Code
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 25.5-1-119. County Staff

The county director, with the approval of the county board, shall appoint such staff as may be necessary as determined by the state department rules to administer medical assistance within the county. The staff shall be appointed and shall serve in accordance with a merit system for the selection, retention, and promotion of county department employees as described in section 26-1-120, C.R.S. The salaries of the staff members shall be fixed in accordance with the rules and salary schedules prescribed by the state department or the department of human services, whichever is appropriate; except that, once a county transfers its county employees to a successor merit system as provided in section 26-1-120, C.R.S., the salaries shall be fixed by the county commissioners.
Source: L. 2006: Entire part amended, p. 1793, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section was contained in a 2006 act that amended this part, resulting in the addition of this section.

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