2. I approve the service regulation for the Chief of the Medical Services of the Wehrmacht issued by the Chief of the Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht. It will replace the one of 28 July 1942, which was in effect up to now. 3. The personal union of the Chief of Medical Services of the Wehrmacht and the Chief of the Medical Service of the Army/Army Physician [Heeressanitaetsinspekteur/Heeresarzt] is herewith cancelled as of September 1944. [Signed] ADOLF HITLER The Chief of the Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht Reference No. 5008/44 secret Fuehrer Headquarters, 7 August 1944 SERVICE REGULATION for the Chief of the Medical Services of the Wehrmacht[15] [Chef W San] I Subordination and Powers 1. The Chief of the Medical Services of the Wehrmacht will be directly under the Chief of the Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht. He will have the position of an office chief [Amtschef] and the disciplinary power according to paragraph 18 of the Wehrmacht Regulation for Disciplinary Action (WDSTO) and the other powers of a Commanding General. 2. He has authority according to No. 1 of the Fuehrer Decree over the following: _a._ The Chief of the Army Medical Service, the Chief of the Navy Medical Service, the Chief of the Medical Service of the Luftwaffe, the Chief of the Medical Service of the Waffen SS, and the medical chiefs of the organizations and services employed within the framework of the Wehrmacht while they are acting in the area of command of the Wehrmacht. _b._ All scientific medical institutes, academies, and other medical institutions of the services of the Wehrmacht and of the Waffen SS. II Duties 1. The Chief of the Medical Services of the Wehrmacht is the adviser of the Chief of the Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht in all questions concerning the Medical Services of the Wehrmacht and of its health guidance, 2. The Chief of the Medical Services of the Wehrmacht will direct all the Medical Services of the Wehrmacht[16] as far as the special field is concerned, with regard for the military instructions of the Chief of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces and the general rules of the Fuehrer’s Commissioner General for the Medical and Health Departments. [page 2 of original] 3. The Chief of the Medical Services of the Wehrmacht will inform the Fuehrer’s Commissioner General about basic events in the field of the Medical Services of the Wehrmacht. He will represent the Wehrmacht to the civilian authorities in all mutual medical affairs and he will protect their interests in connection with the health measures of the civilian administrative authorities. He will represent the Medical Services of the Wehrmacht to the medical services of foreign powers.