The employee of the state Department of Agriculture and Industries performing the duties of chief, director or supervisor of the division of plant industry shall be the State Apiarist, and he shall exercise all the powers vested in the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter except the review procedure to be performed by the commissioner under the provisions of Section 2-14-12.
Ala. Code § 2-14-14 (1975)