(a) The executive director or administrator hired after August 1, 1998 has a:
- (1) bachelor's degree, knowledge in personnel management, and five years experience in children's services; or
- (2) master's degree, knowledge in personnel management, and two years experience in children's services; or
- (3) doctorate, knowledge in personnel management, and one year of experience in children's services.
(b) In an agency where the executive director:
- (1) operates primarily as an administrator and is not directly involved in child-placing activities, there is a child placement supervisor; or
- (2) places children, he or she meets the requirements of a child placement supervisor.