CMO

The chief medical officer is a senior staff-level position, typically held by a lieutenant commander or commander who is a doctor of medicine with surgical skills and a degree in psycho related fields. Chief Medical officers are traditionally the Senior officer commanding Sick bay (aboard ships) and Mes Stations at bases and installations. Sickbay is the only area where the Captain of the ship has no Command authority. Hospital ships are an exception as the Captain of a Hospital ship is also the CMO. Specific duties CMOs aboard a starship or on a base are directly in charge of the sickbay or infirmary, commanding medical department personnel and activities. The CMOs' primary duties are the oversight and maintenance of the overall health and physical fitness of crew and passengers. Furthermore as standard medical procedure, the CMO has full medical authority over any patient officially admitted into their care in their facility, including superior officers, until they are formally released from care. Officers likely to be assigned as the CMO over long-duration missions of exploration often have scientific training in disciplines outside of medicine, allowing them to take on major, extended research projects, or to better participate in a wider variety of encounters. Union Militay Medical is a completlkey separate endity and are technically part of the Science Council but are funded by the Muilitary budget and trained in special Schools and Academies. (Med Personal in Army, Marines, Fleet and all other Branches come from the same Military Medival Division of the Union Health Council (which in turn is a Division of the Science Council) Medical authority The CMO has wide ranging authorities and can place a ship, base or Planet under quarantine. The CMO can request to perform a mental or physical fitness test of any personnel , officer or crew within his jurisdiction. (Including the Commanding Officer of a ship) The CMO can relieve any officer or crew member from duty if health reasons both mental or physical indicate such measures.