1. The Executive Officer may, within the limits of legislative appropriations and other available money, appoint such officers and employees as are necessary for the administration of the Program, who are in the unclassified service of the State and serve at the pleasure of the Executive Officer.2. The Director of the Department of Administration shall appoint a Quality Control Officer for the Program. The Director shall define the duties of the Quality Control Officer with the concurrence of the Board. The Quality Control Officer is in the unclassified service of the State and serves at the pleasure of the Director.3. Each officer appointed pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 who is placed in charge of quality control, operations, finance or information technology must be a graduate of a 4-year college or university with a degree that is appropriate to their respective responsibilities or possess equivalent experience.4. The Executive Officer may employ such staff in the classified service of the State as are necessary for the performance of the Executive Officer's duties, within limits of legislative appropriations or other available money.Added to NRS by 1983, 1343; A 1985, 392; 1987, 327; 1991, 661; 1999, 3032; 2005, 593; 2007, 3146; 2009, 1583; 2017, 1599Amended by 2017, Ch. 302,§20, eff. 7/1/2017.