The Institute shall be an individual administrator pursuant to the provisions of §§ 1301 et seq. of Title 3.
The classification and remuneration schedules of the personnel of the Institute shall be established taking into consideration the complexity of the work, educational background and experience required for each of the positions needed for the operation of the Institute. Any official or employee transferred to the Institute shall retain the status and rights they enjoyed when transferred, under the legislation and regulations in effect, and shall also retain any retirement system or pension fund prescribed by law for officials and employees who hold similar positions in the Commonwealth government.
The classifications held by the employees transferred by virtue of Section 37 shall be reclassified in tune with the classifications adopted by the Institute. In no case may this reclassification be lower, regarding the levels of complexity, the duties and the requirements to fill the position and the compensation schedule, to those who hold the positions at the time of the transfer.
Basic salaries for the remuneration schedules of the following positions are hereby established as indicated:
(1) The minimum salary for forensic pathologists shall be sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000).
(2) The minimum salary for anatomy pathologists shall be fifty-two thousand dollars ($52,000).
The Director of the Institute shall present a salary scale review plan to non-management employees in a term of one (1) year, after the management employees’ salary schedule has been reviewed.
History —July 24, 1985, No. 13, p. 689, § 10; Mar. 3, 1999, No. 88, § 1; Dec. 29, 2009, No. 200, § 7.