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R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-1.2-6 (2026)

Candidates for director and other positions — Selection — Appointment — Dismissals

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(a) Candidates for the position of director and all other positions of the crime laboratory may be recommended to the commission by the executive secretary and/or other members of the commission as well as from all other sources.

(b) The director and all other positions of the state crime laboratory shall be considered employees of the council on postsecondary education and shall be subject to all employment policies, practices, and procedures of the council on postsecondary education and the University of Rhode Island.

(c) The appointive authority for the University of Rhode Island shall also be the appointing authority for the position of director and all other positions of the state crime laboratory subject to approval or disapproval by the commission.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2002–2002 · leading case: Wilkinson v. State Crime Lab'y Comm'n, 788 A.2d 1129 (R.I. 2002).
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Wilkinson v. State Crime Lab'y Comm'n, 788 A.2d 1129 (R.I. 2002). · cites it 7× “1956 § 36^4-59 (tenure in state service) and § 36-4-38 (dismissal) — as well as the State Crime Laboratory Commission Act (crime lab act), G.L.1956 § 12-1.2-6. In addition, we must decide whether certain 1994 amendments to the crime lab act (the 1994 amendments) stripped the…”
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