Connecticut General Statutes 17a-272 – Training schools. Developmental services regions. Directors. Assistant directors
(a) The director of each training school or state developmental services region shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Developmental Services, and shall be removable in the same manner. The director shall be a trained administrator of services and facilities engaged in the care, custody, treatment and training of persons with intellectual disability. Each director shall be subject to the direction of the Commissioner of Developmental Services and shall be responsible for the operation and the administration of the training school or state developmental services region.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 17a-272
- intellectual disability: means a significant limitation in intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior that originated during the developmental period before eighteen years of age. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1g
(b) Each director may with the approval of the Commissioner of Developmental Services appoint four assistant directors for the efficient conduct of the business of each training school or state developmental services region. Each director shall designate an assistant director who shall in the event of the director’s absence, disqualification or death, exercise the powers and duties of the director until the director resumes his or her duties or the vacancy is filled. The director may remove an assistant director.