(1) In accordance with any applicable provisions of ORS Chapter 183, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Human Services and the Oregon Health Authority may adopt any rules necessary to carry out ORS § 179.610 to 179.770.

(2) Subject to any applicable provision of the State Personnel Relations Law, the agency may employ employees necessary to carry out ORS § 179.610 to 179.770. [Subsections (1) and (2) enacted as 1959 c.652 § 20; subsection (3) as 1959 c.652 § 12; 1989 c.348 § 12; 2001 c.487 § 12; 2009 c.595 § 158]