RSA 611-B:3: Deputy Chief Medical Examiner.

There is hereby established within the office of chief medical examiner the position of deputy chief medical examiner. The deputy chief medical examiner shall be appointed in the same manner as the chief medical examiner as provided in RSA 611-B:2, and shall be a licensed physician, certified by the American Board of Pathology as a qualified pathologist, with training and experience in forensic medicine. The deputy chief medical examiner shall serve under the professional direction and supervision of the chief medical examiner and shall act as the chief medical examiner whenever the latter is absent, or unable to act for any cause.