Part 2 — Administration
13 Chief Medical Officer
and one or more Deputy Chief Medical Officers of Health for the
purposes of this Act.
(1.1) The Chief Medical Officer must
(a) be a physician,
(b) have
(i) a certificate, diploma or degree in public health, or
(ii) training and practical e xperience that in the Minister's
opinion is equivalent to a certificate, diploma or degree
in public health,
(c) be a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Canada or the College of Family Physicians of Canada,
and
(d) have any additional qualifications set out in the regulations.
(1.2) A Deputy Chief Medical Officer must have the
qualifications, if any, set out in the regulations.
(2) One or more Deputy Chief Medical Officers may act in the
place of the Chief Medical Officer during the Chief Medical
Officer's temporary absence or temporary inability to act.
(3) The Chief Medical Officer may in writing delegate to one or
more Deputy Chief Medical Officers any power, duty or function
conferred or imposed on the Chief Medical Officer under this Act
or the regulations.
RSA 2000 cP-37 s13;2021 c15 s6;2025 c21 s16