Revised regulations for the government of the United States Marine-Hospital Service : approved May 20, 1889.
- Marine Hospital Service
- Date:
- 1889
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Revised regulations for the government of the United States Marine-Hospital Service : approved May 20, 1889. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![76. Medical officers and actinar assistant sursfeons of the orders to be ' ^ c obeyed from siipe- Marine-Hospital Service are not subject to any official • orders except those emanating from the Secretary or As- sistant Secretaries of the Treasury, or from superior offi- cers of that service. 77. When more than one medical officer is assig'ned to senior officer to have commaiiil ol duty at a station, the senior officer shall be m command station. and shall be held accountable to the Department for the administration of the Service. 78. The medical officer in command of a station shall officerm charge have authority over all officers and employes of that sta- overliiibordinates. tion, and is empowered to enforce such orders as he may deem necessary for the proper management and discipline of the hospital, subject to the approval of the Supervising Surgeon-General. 79. Medical officers and subordinates are required to subordinateoffl- ^ . ^„ . , . . , -, cers to be respect- treat their oflticial superiors with proper respect, and to fui and obedient, obey all orders of such superior officers not in conflict with the regulations. Disrespectful language concerning the President, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Assist- ant Secretary of the Treasury, or the Supervising Sur- geon-General will be viewed as conduct unbecoming an officer and subject the offender to summary discipline; and any publication reflecting directly or indirectly upon the Service, or upon an individual officer, whether by newspaper, pamphlet, or hand-bill, is strictly prohibited. 80. No officer or employe attached to the Marine-Hos- Maltreatment of . . . , subordinates or pital Service will be permitted to oppress or maltreat any patients not per- -,1. ...iV.- -t mitted. person under his command, or m the Service, nor to abuse applicants for relief, or patients under their care. 81. When the medical officer in charge of a station is in absence of temporarily absent, the officer next below him in rank ranking otriJer t., • 11 - 1 -, . -I , ' r 1 • • rr- assume duties. Will perform such ordinary duties of his superior officer as cannot, without injury to the Service, be delayed until his return, and changes or alterations in the routine of the hospital will be avoided so far as practicable. 82. When two or more medical officers are serving at official letters to . be sent through the same station, junior officers will forward official com- senior officer, munications through the surgeon in command, except in his absence, when the next ranking officer will act in his [-3]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21168532_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
