The Chief Medical Examiner shall appoint one or more deputy medical examiners and forensic investigators for each county. The Chief Medical Examiner may appoint a deputy medical examiner from a list of qualified individuals submitted by the county medical society. However, the Chief Medical Examiner may appoint a deputy medical examiner for the county without a list if there is no county medical society or if the medical society does not submit a list of names. Each deputy medical examiner appointed shall be a physician. The Chief Medical Examiner shall select a forensic investigator from a list provided by the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner for Statewide services. Entitled Fees. As provided in the State budget, for each medical examiner’s case investigated, the deputy medical examiner or forensic investigator is entitled to a fee of $150. If the case does not meet the requirements of Health-General Article, §5-308, Annotated Code of Maryland, and is declined, the deputy medical examiner or forensic investigator is entitled to a decline fee of $12.50. The deputy medical examiner is entitled to $25 for certifying the death and completing the death certificate.