1378
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 38

Appointments and Promotions, Recommendation.
Correspondence.
APPOINTMENTS.
Proportion of.

(3.) They shall recommend all appointments and promotions, and generally deal with all matters connected with medical services in their districts or commands.
(4.) All correspondence in their districts relating to medical questions shall be referred through them.

Regulation 115. (1.) Medical officers shall be appointed to corps on the recommendation of the Director-General in the following proportions:—

Field batteries ... ... ... 1
Divisions of garrison artillery ... ... ... 2
Engineer companies ... ... ... ... 1
Regiments ... ... ... ... 2
Battalions ... ... ... ... 2

A squadron or company having, at the time these regulations come into force, a medical officer attached may retain such officer on existing conditions, but no appointments will in future be made permanently to squadrons or companies.

EFFICIENCY.
Definition of.

(2.) Medical officers shall be deemed to be “efficient” if they fulfil the conditions laid down in paragraph 124 of these regulations, or perform other duties as may be deemed equivalent by the Director-General.

Commissions liable to be cancelled.

(3.) Medical officers guilty of neglect of duty or “inefficiency” for two successive years shall be liable to have their commissions cancelled, or may, on the recommendation of the Director-General, be posted to the Reserve.

Travelling-allowance.

Regulation 116. (1.) Medical officers away from home on duty shall be allowed travelling-allowance as provided by paragraph 385, General Regulations.
(2.) Medical officers attached to units shall arrange with the officer commanding the unit to carry out the instruction provided for in paragraph 124, (2), of these regulations. Principal Medical Officers are responsible that this duty is carried out.

Unattached Officers at disposal of P.M.O.

Regulation 117. Unattached officers are at the disposal of the P.M.O. of the district in which they reside, and should be selected for duty when required, such duty counting for efficiency.

Promotions.

Regulation 118. Medical officers who have served efficiently for twelve years in the Defence Forces shall be eligible to be promoted to the rank of major, and if for twenty years, to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, on the recommendation of the Director-General. Special promotions may be made at any time.

Retiring-age.

Regulation 119. Medical officers shall, except in special cases, be retired at the age of sixty, and no medical officer shall remain on the Active List after the age of sixty-five.

RESERVE OF MEDICAL OFFICERS.

Regulation 120. (1.) Medical officers who are under the above age may, if they so desire, be posted to a list to be called the “Reserve of Medical Officers, N.Z.M.C.,” and when on such list they may only be called upon to perform military duties in the event of actual hostilities.
(2.) Officers posted to the Reserve may, with the approval of the Director-General, be reinstated on the Active List at their own request, but service in the reserve will not be allowed to count towards promotion. Officers so reinstated shall take the seniority they held in the corps when posted to the Reserve.

Reinstatement on Active List from Reserve.

Former Rank to hold good.

Regulation 121. Officers of His Majesty’s Naval Medical Service or Royal Army Medical Corps shall be entitled, if appointed to the New Zealand Medical Corps, to a rank equal to that held by them in those services.

CHIEF SANITARY OFFICER.
Duties.

Regulation 122. (1.) On the recommendation of the Director-General, a medical officer will be appointed from the New Zealand Medical Corps as Chief Sanitary Officer.
(2.) He shall personally advise the Director-General on all matters relating to the sanitation of barracks, forts, camps, &c., in the Dominion, and of all influences affecting, or likely to affect, injuriously the health of the troops.
(3.) He shall report on all sanitary defects coming under his observation, or brought to his notice.
(4.) He shall nominate to the Director-General officers for appointment as sanitary officers in districts or commands.
(5.) Officers holding sanitary appointments in districts shall advise the Principal Medical Officer in all matters connected with sanitation, water-supply, and the general health of the troops in the district.
(6.) They shall make such chemical and bacteriological examinations as may be required.