Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

The provisions of §§ 42-6-5 — 42-6-8, shall apply to the department of health and to the director of health.

For all requests for proposals that are issued for information technology projects, a corresponding information technology project manager shall be assigned.

The governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and general treasurer, hereinafter called general officers, shall each be in charge of a department. There shall also be a director of administration, a director of revenue, a director of public safety, a director of human servi…

(a) At the January session following the governor’s election to office, the governor shall appoint a director of administration, a director of revenue, a director of public safety, a director of human services, a director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and h…

(a) In case of a vacancy in any of the offices listed in § 42-6-3 while the senate is in session, the governor shall appoint a director to hold the office until his or her successor is appointed and qualified; provided, however, that no person so appointed shall serve in such pos…

Whenever the governor shall deem it to be desirable, the governor may designate and define within the limits of any department the agency or the official thereof which shall perform any specific or special function designated by law to be performed within a particular department,…

All the powers and duties conferred by law upon and required to be performed by the several state departments, divisions, and other administrative agencies shall hereafter be exercised, performed, and administered by the general officers, the directors of the several departments …

All powers, duties, and functions heretofore exercised by any division, bureau, or other agency abolished by chapter 660 of the Public Laws of 1939, or by the chief of any such division, bureau, or agency, shall be exercised by the head of the department or by the agency to which…

The head of any state department, except as otherwise provided by law, may assign the functions vested in his or her department to those subordinate officers and employees as may to him or her seem desirable, including the power to appoint a delegate to serve in the director’s pl…

There shall be a director of health who shall hold office for the term of five (5) years from the time of the director’s appointment and until the director’s successor is duly appointed and qualified. The director shall be eligible for reappointment, and shall not engage in any o…