78.2. The medical service shall be composed of physicians practising in the local community service centre and shall be under the supervision of a head physician of the medical service.
The head of the medical service shall be appointed for 2 years and shall be chosen from among the physicians practising in the local community service centre. He shall be appointed by the board of directors after consultation with the executive director and with the council of physicians, dentists and pharmacists or, failing such council, with the physicians of the institution. The physician in charge of medical care shall be appointed according to the same procedure.