(a) The board shall employ an executive administrator to carry out the duties established under (b) of this section. The executive administrator is the principal executive officer of the board. The executive administrator is in the partially exempt service under AS 39.25.120 and is entitled to receive a monthly salary equal to a step in range 23 on the salary schedule set out in AS 39.27.011(a). If the executive administrator has a pharmacist license, the executive administrator is entitled to a monthly salary based on the salary classification for pharmacists.
(b) The executive administrator shall (1) perform duties associated with the licensing and regulation of licensees under this chapter as prescribed by the board; and
(2) serve as a liaison to the legislative and executive branches of state government, the media, and other state pharmacy boards.
Article 3. Duties of Licensed Pharmacists.