CHAPTER 611-B OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER
Section 611-B:1
611-B:1 Definitions. –
In this chapter:
I. "Acting chief medical examiner" means the physician designated pursuant to RSA 611-B:4.
II. "Assistant deputy medical examiner" means a person appointed by the chief medical examiner pursuant to RSA 611-B:5.
II-a. "Associate medical examiner" means the licensed physician certified by the American Board of Pathology as a qualified pathologist and appointed pursuant to RSA 611-B:3-a.
III. "Chief medical examiner" means the licensed physician certified by the American Board of Pathology as a qualified pathologist and appointed pursuant to RSA 611-B:2.
IV. "Death investigation" means an investigation conducted by a medical examiner pursuant to this chapter, which may involve one or more of the following: a telephone consultation, investigation of the scene of death, or post-mortem examination.
V. "Deputy chief medical examiner" means the licensed physician certified by the American Board of Pathology as a qualified pathologist and appointed pursuant to RSA 611-B:3.
VI. "Designee" means the medical examiner designated by the chief medical examiner to act on behalf of the chief medical examiner, who shall be either the deputy chief medical examiner or the acting chief medical examiner.
VII. "Medical examiner" means any person authorized pursuant to RSA 611-B to investigate medico-legal cases.
VIII. "Post-mortem examination" means any external or internal examination of a decedent's body.
IX. "Supervising medical examiner" means the chief medical examiner, deputy chief medical examiner, or acting chief medical examiner.
X. "Telephone consultation" means a type of death investigation that does not involve a visual examination of the deceased by the medical examiner.