33-1-304. Delegation of authority -- responsibility. (1) The commissioner may delegate to any deputy, assistant, examiner, or employee of the commissioner's department the exercise or discharge in the commissioner's name of any power, duty, or function, whether ministerial or discretionary, vested by this code in the commissioner.

(2) The commissioner is responsible for the official acts of the commissioner's deputy, assistant, examiner, or employee acting in the commissioner's name and by the commissioner's authority.