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.
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![^6. Medical officers and acting assistant surgeons of the Marine-Hospital Service are not subject to anj- official riors. 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 assigned to |^^soui_or to duty at a station, the senior officer shall be in 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 oincor in charge ' .. ^ 1 y j- J.-I j. j. to have authority have authority over all officers and employes ot that sta- oversuhortiinates. tion, and is empowered to enforce such orders as lie may deem necessary for the proper management and discipline of the hospital, subject to tho approval of the Supervising Surgeon-General. 70. Medical officers and subordinates are required to suhordinatoora- . ... . cers to be respect- treat their official superiors with proper respect, and to fui ami 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 employd attached to the Marine-Hos- Maitrcatmont nf *11 1 . -1 . -1 8ubordimitoH or pital bervice will be permitted to oppress or maltreat any patients not per- person under his command, or in the {Service, nor to abuse * ' applicants for relief, or patients under their care. 81. When the medical officer in charge of a station is luuhsouco of temporarily absent, the officer next below him in rank o', 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 Offlciaiieuersto the same station, junior officers will forward official com-soiiior office;'. ^ munications through the surgeon in command, except in his absence, when the next ranking officer will act in his [23]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28716097_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
