195 - Medical care.

§ 195. Medical care. 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.