by heads of departments, for the preparation of reports and for other
purposes.
e. Licensing of Medical and Dental Practitioners, The Director of Public
Health shall prepare for the approval of the High Commissioner through the
Legislauve Advisory Committee, regulations, laws, and order providing
for the licensing of persons for the practice of medicine, surgery, dentistry,
dental surgery, midwifery, and nursing in the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands: shall set the standards and qualifications, personal and professional,
for such practice; and shall prepare and conduct any professional examinations or personal interviews considered by him to be necessary or advisable.
The Director of Public Health shall be charged with the policing of the
medical profession and with the institution of proceedings for prosecution,
license revocation, or other necessary action to insure the proper protection
of the people of the territory.
f. Professional Training. The Director of Public Health, in cooperation
with the Education Department, shall fix curricula and standards of medical.
dental, and nursing schools or other training centers for the training of
persons to enter the practice of these professions in the Trust Territory:
shall set the standards for and assist in the procurement of instructors for
such schools and training centers; and shall set up programs of training,
retraining, or advance training to insure, insofar as practicable, an adequate
number of qualified personnel to provide medical, dental, and nursing care
in the Trust, Territory.
g. Quarantine and Communicable Diseases. The Director of Public
Health shall prepare for the approval of the High Commissioner or the
Committee, such regulations, laws, orders, or directives as in his judgment
are necessary to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of communicable diseases from any place without the Trust Territory or between
and within the Districts of the Trust Territory.

The Trust Territory public health program wasof interest also to
the Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet (CinCPacFlt) Staff Medical
Officer as part of his general supervisory responsibilities for health
matters in the Pacific Area. He was often consulted on medical
problemsreferred to the High Commissioner (HiComTerPacls) for
decision and usually accompanied the latter on his annual inspection
trips through the Trust Territory. In the summer of 1950 he was
given additional duty on the staff of HiComTerPacls in order to
facilitate conduct of medical administrative matters under his
cognizance.”
The field organization of the Public Health Departmentas developed
during the military government period continued throughout the
trusteeship period. The medical program of each civil administration
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