32 M.R.S. §15106: Chief and deputy inspectors

The commissioner shall appoint and may remove for cause when so appointed a person to be chief inspector at any time the office may become vacant. The chief inspector must have, at the time of the appointment, not fewer than 5 years' practical experience with steam boilers as a steam engineer, mechanical engineer, boilermaker or boiler inspector as described in section 15103‑A.

The commissioner may likewise hire deputy inspectors as necessary to carry out this chapter.