§ 208. Deputy commissioners; appointment; qualifications and duties.
1. The commissioner shall appoint and at pleasure remove a first deputy
commissioner and such other deputy commissioners as he shall deem
necessary for the proper organization and general classification of the
work of the department.

2. The first deputy commissioner shall be a physician licensed or
eligible for license to practice medicine and surgery in this state, and
who shall have been actively engaged in the practice of his profession
for a period of at least five years.

3. The deputy commissioners shall perform such duties as shall be
prescribed by the commissioner.