[R. O. 1947, ch. 15, § 1; Ord. No. 1060, 3-31-2012]
The City Physician shall be a graduate of a legally incorporated medical school, and shall be licensed to practice medicine within the commonwealth. It shall be preferred but not required that the City Physician be a resident of the City.
[R. O. 1947, ch. 15, § 1; Ord. No. 1142, §§ IX––X, 9-29-2015]
The City Physician shall have superintendence and supervision over the work of the Assistant City Physicians if any are appointed. He shall be the City Infirmary Physician and, at the request of the Commission of Public Welfare, shall visit and prescribe for all the needy sick within the City receiving assistance under Chapter 117 of the General Laws. He shall render such professional assistance to the Director of Public Health as the latter shall request. He shall vaccinate, free of charge, all persons sent to him by the Commissioner of Public Welfare for that purpose, and all pupils of the public schools sent to him for that purpose by the School Committee or Superintendent of Schools. He shall, when requested by the Mayor, the Committee on Public Safety, the Chief of Police or the Fire Chief of the Fire Department, make an examination of the condition of police officers or firemen absent from duty by reason of sickness or disability. When requested by the Mayor, the City Council, the City Solicitor or the Chairman of the Committee on Claims and Licenses, he shall examine any person who purports to have a personal injury claim against the City. At the request of the Chief of Police or officer in charge at police headquarters, he shall attend any person at such police headquarters who may require medical or surgical attendance. He shall, annually, in January, report to the city council concerning the professional services rendered during the preceding year, and make such suggestions as he may deem proper. He shall also perform such other duties as are imposed upon him by ordinance.
[R. O. 1947, ch. 15, § 2; Ord. No. 1142, §§ XI––XII, 9-29-2015]
The mayor may at any time, if in his judgment the same are necessary, or to meet an exigency which may arise, appoint not more than two assistant city physicians for such period as he shall deem necessary, but for no period longer than the term of the city physician. Each such assistant shall possess the qualifications required of the city physician. Under the superintendence of the city physician, each such assistant shall perform such duties as the city physician may require of him or direct him to perform. Any assistant city physician appointed under this section may be removed by the mayor at his pleasure and shall be so removed if the exigency for which he was appointed shall have ceased.