Regional Offices -- Regional Public Defenders

(1) The public defender division administrator shall hire, assign, and supervise a regional public defender to manage and supervise each regional office established pursuant to 47-1-104(2). (2) Subject to approval by the public defender division administrator, each regional public defender shall: (a) manage and supervise all public defender services provided within the regional public defender's assigned region; (b) establish protocols so that when a court orders the assignment of counsel, the assignment is made promptly to an appropriate public defender and so that a public defender is immediately available when necessary; (c) ensure that public defender assignments within the region comply with the provisions of 47-1-202(1)(c); (d) hire and supervise the work of regional office personnel as authorized by the public defender division administrator; (e) coordinate with the central services division to contract for necessary public defender services; (f) implement the standards and procedures established by the director and the public defender division administrator for the region; and (g) perform all other duties as assigned by the public defender division administrator.