§ 505. Directors of facilities. 1. There shall be a facility director
of each office of children and family services operated facility. Such
facility director shall be appointed by the commissioner of the office
of children and family services and the position shall be in the
noncompetitive class and designated as confidential as defined by
subdivision two-a of section forty-two of the civil service law. The
facility director shall have such experience and other qualifications as
may be prescribed by the director of classification and compensation
within the department of civil service in consultation with the
commissioner of the office of children and family services based on
differences in duties, levels of responsibility, size and character of
the facility, knowledge, skills and abilities required, and other
factors affecting the position. Such facility director shall serve at
the pleasure of the commissioner of the office of children and family
services.

2. Subject to regulations of the division, the facility director of a
state facility in the division shall:

(a) operate and manage the facility,

(b) submit a monthly report on such matters as the division may
specify.

3. Subject to the regulations of the division, the facility director
may authorize the use of the buildings and grounds of the facility by a
municipality, special district or non-profit association, corporation or
organization for educational, recreational, social and civic purposes
whenever such use may promote better relationships with the community in
which the facility is located, provided, however, that such use does not
interfere with the purposes and program of the facility.