Section 195. Medical care  


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  • 1. Each inmate shall be examined by the attending
      physician  or  physicians  as soon after admission to the public home as
      practicable.
        2. A medical record shall be kept for each inmate, in which  shall  be
      recorded  his  condition on admission, the physician's recommendation of
      the type of care to be given him and any medical attention given to  the
      inmate subsequent to the examination on admission.
        3.  The  physician  shall  be  responsible  for the medical care given
      inmates who are  ill,  and  shall  give  such  orders  as  he  considers
      necessary  for  their  welfare.  He  shall  (a) visit the public home at
      regular intervals and shall re-examine the inmates periodically, as  the
      need of the inmates may require,
        (b) also visit the public home, on call of the superintendent, in case
      of the illness of any inmate,
        (c) make such recommendations to the commissioner of public welfare as
      to  changes,  improvements  and  additional  equipment  as  he  may deem
      necessary for the adequate care of the inmates of such home.
        4. Any physician who accepts an appointment as attending physician  to
      the  inmates  of  a  public  home  shall  be  obligated to carry out the
      provisions of this section. The commissioner may  dismiss  an  attending
      physician who fails to fulfill such duties.