The board may employ such investigators, retained through the office of professional licensure and certification, and may make expenditures for the reasonable expenses of the board’s delegate to meetings of, and membership dues to, the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES). The board may, with the approval of the attorney general, hire counsel and investigators through the office of professional licensure and certification and pay the reasonable expenses of such counsel and investigators for the investigation and prosecution of any violation of this subdivision.