Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-06
ARE AND TREATMENT OF
PATPERS.

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PAIPERS.
Rules governing the care and treat
ment of persons entitled to county
aid or medical aid;
(a) Physicians being called to
visit any sick or injured person and
finding such person 10 be in need of
county aid shall not continue 10 treat
such persons at the expense of the
county, but must notify the Overseer
of the Poor of the town in which such
sick or injured person is, and no such
physician will be allowed for more
than one visit or treatment. unless he
shall have authority from such Over
seer of the Poor, which written au-
thority shall be appended to said doc
tors bill and presented to the Board
Of Supervisors.
(h) The following maximum al
loWance shall be made TO physician
attending such sick or injured per
sons. to.wit: $l.00 for the first mile
and 80 cents for each additional mile
from the office OF the physician 10 the
PATIENTS residence, this 10 include
visits and medicine.
tc) Whenever any contagious dis
ease shall break ont in any township
Of La Sale county the physician
called, if other than the town phySl-
ciar shall be allowed compensation
for one visit only, and he shall imme-
diately report such case 10 the town
physician or Oyerseer of the Poor and
said town physician shall thereafter
have charge of and attend to such
case or cases; that in all cases OF
contagious disease, physicians shall
be allowed not to exceed four dollars
for attendance on one case or TWO or
more cases in the same house or de-
tention hospital No physician shall
recover from the county for more
than one visit unless such physician
sor written order to continue to
treat such persons, which written au-
thority shall be appended to such doc
tors bill and presented to the Board.
CD Whenever any person entitled
to county aid shall require surgical
operation, it shall be the duty of the
surgeon in charge Of the case, if not
the county or town physician, to re-
port such case to the Overseer of the
Poor having oversight in such case.
The Oyerscrr OF the Poor shall hen,
if necessary. cause such person 20 be
removed to the nearest pubic hos
pital II The hospital 10 which such
patient il removed is lie Ryburn nos
pital in the City Of ottawa, it shall be
the duty Of the county physician to
perform such operation. If the hos
pital to which such patient is removed
be in any town having a town physi-
clan, it shall be the duty of the town
ph{ stefan to perform such operation,
and in no case shall such county or
town physician make any additional
charge therefor.
No physician other than the county
or town physician shall perform such
operation without the written order
Of the Overseer of the Poor having
the case in charge, and no Overseer
shall give such an order unless in n
case OF immediate necessity and
where the town or county physician,
as the case may be, Is incapacitated
by illness or absence from the local
ity from performing the operation.
A copy Of this and the Post Mortem
rule shall be sent to every physician
in The county.
Pauper accounts committee shall
audit all pauper bills properly coming
before them AZ required by the rules
of this Board showing the amounts
allowed from each town and the total
amounts allowed by them. A fee, not
to exceed the sum Of $4,000, will be
allowed Undertakers for Pauper
cases. the same to cover each and
every expense connected with burial.
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! (a) COMMITTEE ON PAUPER