factorily completed a course of training at, and is employed in, a Trust
Territory Hospital, Dispensary or Dental Clinic.
tr. Nurse Aide, Field or Health Aide, Field: A qualified Nurse Aide or
Health Aide, employed by the Public Health Department at a Sub-Dispensary or in the field.
12. Nurse dide, Training of Health Aide, Training: One who is undergoing a course of training at a Trust Territory Hospital or Dispensary to
qualify for the grade of Nurse Aide or Health Aide.
13. Dental fide, Training: One who is undergoing a course of training
at a Trust Territory Hospital, Dispensary, or Dental Clinic to qualify tor
the grade of Dental Aide.

Persons who were already satisfactorily performing the duties described above but who could not meet the requirements prescribed
could be certified or qualified for such employment upon written
recommendation of the District Director of Public Health and the
High Commissioner.
The intern system as established provided that graduates of the
Schools of Medical Assistant and of Dental Assistants on Guam and
of the Central Medical School, Suva, Fiji,” would serve one year after
graduation as medicalassistants or dental assistants in Trust Territory

hospitals or dispensaries and oneyear in the field before being licensed
to practice as medical or dental practitioners.’

The Health Department Order also set a minimum monthly pay

‘schedule for each grade:
Grade

Title

1
2
3
4
5.
6)
7’
S
9
10
ll
12
13°

Medical Practitioner. ©
02. ok ee ects ey
Dental Practitioner.....
..... Dee bee es
Medical Assistant, Field.
.
Lovee eee .
Dental Assistant, Field. .
.
Ce eee
Medical Assiscanr, Intern. .
to,
Ce
eee ee
Dental Assistant, Intern
Soe
Se
ne
Nurse, Graduate.
.
ees
Dental Assistant, Prosthesis. . ...... ..
be
ee cee nee,
Dental Aide |...
ee, Ce beet ees
Nurse Aide or Health Aide.
Ce bee
Nurse, Aide, Field or Health Arde, Field
.
.
oo,
Nurse Aide, Training or Health Aide. Training.
Lolo,
oo,
Dencal Aide, Training.
.
Coe epee cee cee

Minimum

monehly
salary

$100
100
*50
*50
*35
#35
50
40
40
25
15
*10
*15

*Plus subsistence.
“The medical and dental schools on Guam were closed in January rosr and the students
‘ransterred to the school at Suva. See enfra, p.934 ff.
Trust Territory Health Department Order No. 2-51.

877

5005011

Select target paragraph3