Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1911. No. 205.

 

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1910.

Amendments to Financial Regulations 258 to 272 Inclusive.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1910 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this eleventh day of December, One thousand nine hundred and eleven.

DENMAN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE.

 

FINANCIAL AND ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS (PROVISIONAL) FOR THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Amendments.

Regulations 258 to 272 inclusive are cancelled, and the following substituted therefor:—

258. Medical attendance shall be granted to all officers, warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the Permanent Military Forces, under the regulations and conditions hereafter defined:—

(a) The term “medical attendance” throughout these regulations means the professional advice and care during sickness or injury afforded in hospital or out of hospital by medical officers appointed for the duty as under:—

(i.) At barracks or District Head-quarters (within a radius of 2 miles), by the District Principal Medical Officer or Staff Officer for Medical Services.

(ii.) At following outstations (within a radius of 2 miles):—

New South Wales—Newcastle and Wollongong,

Victoria—Port Phillip Heads,

Queensland—Thursday Island and Townsville,

South Australia—Fort Largs,

Western Australia—Albany and Fremantle,

by a military medical officer, or a civil medical practitioner who has been approved by the Military Board to take medical charge of permanent troops.

    

C.17829.—Price 3d.

 

(iii.) In other localities, medical attendance will be given by the Area Medical Officers. Cases requiring hospical treatment will be reported to the District Principal Medical Officer.

(b) Medical attendance does not, however, include surgical operations except those of a minor character, and which do not involve the administration of an anæsthetic, unless such operations are performed in a military hospital by the medical officer in charge.

(c) In districts where there is no military hospital, arrangements may be made for admission and treatment in a general hospital approved of by the Director-General of Medical Services.

(d) Medical attendance shall include supply of medicines, &c., prescribed by the medical officer in charge of the case, and ordered by him from a military hospital or dispensary.

(e) Where there is no military hospital or dispensary, all medicines, &c., shall be supplied by those officers referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) (i.), (ii.), and (iii.), in accordance with the Government Medical Regulations of their respective States, and at Government contract rates. These drugs shall be confined to those of the British Pharmacopoeia or Squire’s Companion to the British Pharmacopoeia; patent or proprietary medicines shall not be recognised.

(f) Officers and warrant officers may be treated in a private hospital on the distinct understanding that the Department will only be liable for the payment of fees which would have been charged had the patient been treated in a general hospital, except under special circumstances, such as injury in the performance of military duty, which must at the earliest possible moment be submitted for the consideration of the Minister.

In cases where no military hospital is available, this sub-paragraph may be made applicable to non-commissioned officers and men.

259. No person, unless authorized by regulations, shall be admitted as a patient into a military hospital without the special sanction of the District Commandant, and any departure from this rule shall render the officer authorizing such deviation liable for all expenses which may be incurred.

260. Medical comforts, diets, or extras shall only be issued to members of the Permanent Forces when admitted for treatment in a military hospital.

261. Wives and children (children up to fourteen years of age) of officers, warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the Permanent Military Forces may receive medical attendance as specified in paragraph 258, sub-paragraphs (a), (d), and (e), provided no extra expense to the Department is incurred.

262. Medical attendance cannot be claimed for confinements.

263. Nominal rolls of all persons entitled to medical attendance, giving rank, name, and address of each person, shall be furnished by the Officer Commanding, or head of Department, to the District Principal Medical Officer on the first day of each quarter.

 

The roll to include columns to show if married, widower, or single, and number of children under fourteen years of age, if any.

In the case of the Instructional Staff, nominal rolls shall be furnished by Bridage Majors.

On receipt of these rolls, the District Principal Medical Officer will forward the information to the medical officer in whose medical charge they may be.

No member of the Permanent Military Forces shall be considered entitled to medical attendance whose name is not included in these rolls.

 

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