Neither the commissioner nor any other employee, save physicians and chaplains not employed for all their time, shall have or engage in any other business during his normal hours of employment that may require his personal attention or time. The Governor, in the case of the commissioner, and the commissioner in the case of any other employee shall receive prior notification and approve outside employment and the respective parties named herein shall punish a violation of this provision by the dismissal of the employee if the offense justifies such dismissal.Codes, 1942, § 7953; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 33; Laws, 1971, ch. 524, § 8; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 30; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 26; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 26; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 26; Laws, 1988, ch. 504, § 14, eff. 5/6/1988.
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