Regulations for the medical services of the army, 1932 / War Office.

Date:
1932
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Credit: Regulations for the medical services of the army, 1932 / War Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES 293. Scope of this section.—With the exception stated below, this section applies to civilian employees whose condi- tions of service are governed by Regulations for Civilian Em- ployees and Rules and Regulations of the Ordnance Factories. It does not apply to the salaried, directing, scientific, profes- sional, and technical staffs, to members of the general Treasury classes, to persons employed at the War Office, or to clerks in local audit offices. 294. General.—Civilian employees of the War Department are not entitled to medical attendance, hospital or dental treatment at the public expense except as provided for below. (A) Medical Attendance 295. Ordinary sickness.—Medical attendance, but not admission to hospital or the grant of medical comforts, may be allowed in cases of ordinary sickness to the following persons at stations where there is a medical officer or C.M.P. in attendance on the troops. (a) Home stations. (i) To any employee who resides within the precincts of a barrack (including a school, college, hospital, magazine, government quarter, etc.) or of Woolwich Arsenal or Dock- yard, provided that in the case of an employee compulsorily insured for health he has made his own arrangements for medical attendance and has chosen as his panel doctor an army medical officer or civilian medical practitioner in attendance on the troops. (ii) To the family of an employee referred to in (a) (i). (For definition of ‘‘ family,” see para. 268.) (iii) To an insured employee at Woolwich Arsenal or Woolwich Dockyard not covered by (i), provided that he lives within a radius of one mile from a point midway between the Main and Plumstead Gates and that he has chosen the $.M.O., Royal Arsenal, as his panel doctor. (b) Channel Islands and stations abroad. (i) To established and regularly employed civilians, provided that they live within a radius of one mile from a military hospital or point fixed by the local military authorities. (ii) To the families (as defined in para. 268) of employees referred to in (bd) (i). 296. Attendance in emergency.—In case of accident or sudden illness whilst on duty, an employee, not otherwise