                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DIRECTOR; APPOINTMENT; COMPENSATION; QUALIFICATIONS (§ 51.5-109)

The Governor shall appoint a Director of the Department who shall serve at the
pleasure of the Governor and shall be paid such compensation as the Governor may
fix.
		The Director may be either a person who is deaf or hard-of-hearing or one with
normal hearing, but shall be a trained professional who is experienced in
problems of the deaf and hard-of-hearing and skilled in the use of manual
communication, commonly referred to as sign language.

HISTORY: 1972, c. 543, § 63.1-85.2; 1978, c. 603; 1983, c. 440; 1984, c. 670;
2002, c. 747.