Missouri Revised Statutes Title XIII. Correctional and Penal Institutions § 217.160. Division director, power of appointment of certain personnel--qualifications--to be full-time employee

1. Any division director, subject to the supervision of the director, shall exercise for the division the powers and duties of an appointing authority under chapter 36 to employ personnel, for the performance of the duties and responsibilities of the division.

2. The division director shall be a person of recognized character and integrity and shall have education, training and experience appropriate to the responsibilities of the division of which he is the director. He shall be a citizen of the United States but need not be a citizen of the state of Missouri at the time of his appointment.

3. The director shall be a full-time employee of the division and shall hold no other regular, compensated position while serving as a director of the division.