Other employees of Board: Employment and discharge; conditions and limitations regarding hearing officers.
1. The Board may employ hearing officers, experts, administrators, attorneys, investigators, consultants and clerical personnel necessary to the discharge of its duties.
2. Each employee of the Board is an at-will employee who serves at the pleasure of the Board. The Board may discharge an employee of the Board for any reason that does not violate public policy, including, without limitation, making a false representation to the Board.
3. A hearing officer employed by the Board shall not act in any other capacity for the Board or occupy any other position of employment with the Board, and the Board shall not assign the hearing officer any duties which are unrelated to the duties of a hearing officer.
4. If a person resigns his position as a hearing officer or the Board terminates the person from his position as a hearing officer, the Board may not rehire the person in any position of employment with the Board for a period of 2 years following the date of the resignation or termination. The provisions of this subsection do not give a person any right to be rehired by the Board and do not permit the Board to rehire a person who is prohibited from being employed by the Board pursuant to any other provision of law.
Last modified: February 27, 2006