Section 231.230 - Employment of staff and consultants; contracts with public and private entities; classification of employees1. The Department through the Director may: (a) Employ such professional, technical, clerical and operational employees as the operation of the Department may require; and(b) Employ such experts, researchers and consultants and enter into such contracts with any public or private entities as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 231.161 to 231.360, inclusive , and sections 2 and 3 of this act.2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the clerical employees of the Department are in the classified service of the State.3. Except as otherwise provided in section 2 of this act, the Director may appoint to the Department employees in either the classified or unclassified service of the State, in accordance with the historical manner of categorization, unless state or federal law or regulation requires otherwise.Added to NRS by 1983, 1163; A 2007, 999; 2011, 2939Amended by 2023, Ch. 356,§7, eff. 7/1/2023.Added to NRS by 1983, 1163; A 2007, 999; 2011, 2939