§ 25-01-03 — Supervising officer to appoint superintendent of institutions - Salaries - Removal

Removal.
1. The supervising officer shall appoint a superintendent for each of the institutions under
its control, except for the state hospital, where the supervising officer shall appoint a
superintendent in consultation with a state hospital governing body.
2. The tenure of office of each superintendent is two years from the date of the
superintendent's appointment, and the superintendent must possess qualifications
required by this title. Any superintendent may be removed by the supervising officer for
misconduct, neglect of duty, incompetency, or other proper cause showing the
superintendent's inability or refusal properly to perform the duties of office. A removal
at a time other than a termination of the superintendent's two-year tenure may be had
only after an opportunity is given to the person to be heard before a board consisting
of the governor, attorney general, and supervising officer of the institution on preferred
written charges. A removal when made, however, is final. This subsection does not
apply to the superintendent of the life skills and transition center, the superintendent of

North Dakota vision services - school for the blind, or the superintendent of the school
for the deaf, whose positions are included in the classified service as provided in
section 54-44.3-20.
3. The supervising officer shall fix the compensation of each superintendent within the
limits prescribed in this title and within the appropriations made by the legislative
assembly for compensation.