The board may, subject to the approval of the Attorney General, appoint, employ or remove such assistants and employees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. The board may, subject to the approval of the Attorney General, appoint and employ an executive secretary who shall serve without term but who may be removed from office by the Attorney General, for cause, upon notice and opportunity to be heard at a public hearing. The duties of the executive secretary shall be determined by the board and the board shall fix the compensation of its executive secretary, assistants and employees, subject to the approval of the Attorney General, within the limits of available appropriations therefor. Such executive secretary shall not be subject to the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes of this State. No such executive secretary, employee or assistant shall engage in the practice of mortuary science, embalming or funeral directing, nor shall he in any way be connected with the work of a practitioner of mortuary science, embalming or funeral directing.

L.1952, c. 340, p. 1102, s. 12. Amended by L.1960, c. 184, p. 764, s. 5; L.1967, c. 245, s. 3, eff. Dec. 12, 1967.