PRIMARY ACCREDITED. PHYSICIAN - The officer-in-charge physician who acts as the family physician of the MEMBERS in their MediCard accredited hospital. He directs the MEMBERS' medical care, examines, treats and/or refers MEMBERS to specialists, orders x-ray and other laboratory tests, prescribes medicines and arranges for hospitalization, if needed. This person must not be a relative of the MEMBER up to the third degree of consanguinity and affinity.
