Bureaus; chiefs

The secretary shall establish within each division such bureaus as the secretary deems necessary to carry out the provisions of the Health Care Authority Act. The secretary shall employ a chief to be administrative head of any such bureau. The chief and all subsidiary employees of the authority shall be covered by the Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978] unless otherwise provided by law. History: 1978 Comp., § 9-8-10, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 252, § 11; 1979, ch. 203, § 9; 1979, ch. 204, § 2; 1979, ch. 280, § 2; 1981, ch. 88, § 3; 2023, ch. 205, § 13; 2024, ch. 39, § 12.