New Hampshire Revised Statutes 611-B:1 – Definitions
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In this chapter:
I. “Acting chief medical examiner” means the physician designated pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 611-B:4.
II. “Assistant deputy medical examiner” means a person appointed by the chief medical examiner pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 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 N.H. Rev. Stat. § 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 N.H. Rev. Stat. § 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 N.H. Rev. Stat. § 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 N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 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.
I. “Acting chief medical examiner” means the physician designated pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 611-B:4.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 611-B:1
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
II. “Assistant deputy medical examiner” means a person appointed by the chief medical examiner pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 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 N.H. Rev. Stat. § 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 N.H. Rev. Stat. § 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 N.H. Rev. Stat. § 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 N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 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.