C.__Assigning cases;

D.__Supervising the conduct of and disciplining unit personnel; and

E.__Determining and overseeing the investigatory procedures and other technical tasks carried out by the unit's personnel.

3.__Field investigators.__The unit shall employ field investigators as necessary to carry out the purposes of the unit.__ A field investigator under this subsection must have qualifications required to perform the duties of field investigator, including prior experience as a law enforcement officer or an insurance fraud investigator.

4.__Prosecutors.__The Attorney General shall assign an assistant attorney general on a full-time, permanent basis to the unit for the prosecution of insurance fraud cases.__The assistant attorney general assigned pursuant to this subsection is the lead prosecutor for the unit and is responsible directly to the Attorney General.__An assistant district attorney may be temporarily assigned to the unit as necessary and upon the approval of the district attorney from the prosecutorial district in which the assistant district attorney is employed. The assistant attorney general assigned to the unit pursuant to this subsection is the supervisor of an assistant district attorney assigned to the unit pursuant to the subsection. The personnel costs of a prosecutor assigned to the unit pursuant to this subsection must be paid for through the Insurance Fraud Fund established in section 2196, subsection 2.

5.__Powers and duties.__Personnel of the unit have the powers of law enforcement officers in carrying out law enforcement functions as defined in Title 30-A, section 451, subsection 11 to fulfill the purposes of this subchapter.__In performing law enforcement functions under this subsection, personnel of the unit have the following powers and duties:

A.__Initiating investigations of alleged fraudulent conduct involving insurance claims;

B.__Initiating investigations of alleged fraudulent conduct of insurers and self-insured entities, including, but not limited to, claims of injury, loss, death, material