He had the right, in accordance with current regulations, to decide matters that fell within the field of medicine.
Cases concerning the medical practice of naval surgeons belonged to the National Swedish Board of Health.
The duties of the Surgeon-in-Chief were — with some exceptions — of a dual nature and included both a position as a service branch inspector and command of the appropriate administrative corps.
[8] On 1 July 1969, the command of the military medical service was reorganized and the Surgeon-in-Chief of the Swedish Navy as an institution ceased to be a name but for the benefit only on 1 September 1969 according to the Medical Board of the Swedish Armed Forces's authorization though the King in Council.
The new organization meant that Surgeon-in-Chief's duties as administrative corps chief were transferred to the newly established "Chief of the Medical Board of the Swedish Armed Forces", that matters concerning the service of conscript surgeons were transferred to the Enrollment Administration of the Swedish Armed Forces (Värnpliktsverket) and that matters concerning the Surgeon-in-Chief were otherwise divided into the newly established Marinstabsläkaren ("Naval Staff Doctor") equated with department head included in Section 2 of the Naval Staff.