§ 28-42-31. Responsibility for administration — General powers of director.
It shall be the duty of the director to administer chapters 42 — 44 of this title subject to the provisions of those chapters; and he or she shall have the power and authority to:
(1) Enforce all the reasonable rules and regulations that may be adopted as provided elsewhere in those chapters and all orders necessary or suitable to that end;
(2) Employ any persons;
(3) Make expenditures;
(4) Require reports; and
(5) Take any other action, within his or her means and consistent with those chapters, necessary or suitable to that end.
History of Section.
P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 11; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L.
1949, ch. 2175, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3292, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-31.