[Adopted 1-7-1959;[1] amended in its entirety 11-4-1987 by Ord. No. V-140]
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Editor's Note: This article is derived from Section 3.16 of Ch. 3 of the former Revised Ordinances of the City of Hoboken, New Jersey, adopted 1-7-1959 by Ord. No. 123.
There is hereby created and established the position of Surgeon in and for the Police and Fire Divisions, who shall be two in number and who shall be appointed by the Director of the Division of Public Safety. The Surgeons shall serve for a term of one year.
The duties of the Surgeons to the Police and Fire Divisions shall be as follows:
A. 
To examine newly appointed policemen and firemen to determine their fitness.
B. 
To give physical and medical examinations to the members of the Police and Fire Divisions at such time and when so directed by the Director of the Division of Public Safety.
C. 
To make recommendations relating to continued service examinations of policemen and firemen about to retire.
D. 
To render first aid to policemen and firemen who are injured in the line of service, assign them to hospitals, visit them in the hospital and give post-hospital medical attention.
E. 
To examine policemen and firemen returning to active service from sick leave.
F. 
To keep needed medical and other records and files and perform such medical work of a professional nature among the members of the Police and Fire Divisions as directed by the Director of the Division of Public Safety and make themselves available 24 hours a day in cases of emergency.
G. 
To perform any and all other duties commensurate with their office when required so to do by the Director of the Division of Public Safety or the Chiefs of the Police and Fire Divisions, respectively.