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    § 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.

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