Members of the Doctor’s Department must adhere to certain rules. If you break these rules, you risk being fired and/or receiving a corruption charge. A corruption charge blacklisted you from every whitelisted society (Barber, Doctor, Lawmen, Mayor, and Newspaper) on your account as a whole and not just as your doctor character. A trainer must explain their necessity/importance.
The following information is provided for reference:
There are no ranks within the society—no single individual holds authority over another. Disciplinary actions are carried out solely by the Secretaries, with the approval of the staff.
If another member’s behavior causes distress or makes you feel unwelcome, you are encouraged to report it within this Discord server.
If the concern involves a Secretary, please report it to the Senior Secretaries, Edvin or Roxy.
If the concern involves either of them, escalate the matter to Lisa.
Additional information: https://discord.com/channels/923413727066345482/923425214224809994/1328157176132403293
Doctors are encouraged to wear predominantly WHITE uniforms for easy identification by SYN County citizens, though this is not mandatory. The Doctor Armband is an optional item reserved exclusively for hired doctors and may only be worn while on duty. Armbands must never be worn during any criminal activity. They are non-robbable. To obtain an armband, you can contact a member of the Hiring or Logistics Team at DOC000 once you have the required materials (1 cloth and 1 red paint).
The Law Department identifies Combat Medics by the colors they wear, which is a combination of RED and WHITE.
Beyond these guidelines, you’re free to personalize your uniform’s style, provided it remains professional.
What is considered to be Professional?
Shoes
Shirt (No Midriff Tops)
Pants/Skirt (No Shorts)
Doctors are required to clock in, go on duty, and respond to at least one traveling alert that includes a patient revival every seven days. Part of a doctor’s role involves travel, but we also understand getting alerts can be hard, so 5 revives during a duty period is an acceptable alternative. Consistently performing only the minimum may prompt a discussion about commitment to the role, and if a pattern emerges, it may lead to removal from the position.
While on duty, being mentally absent or “in your head” is strictly prohibited because this is seen as a form of paycheck farming. Frequent instances of this will result in termination.
We conduct weekly activity checks to ensure everyone meets their requirements. Extended absences may lead to removal from the Doctor’s Department, and absentees will receive a ticket notification as a warning, allowing time to improve. These reminders are typically issued before the weekend to maximize response time. However, repeated absence and continued notifications will increase the risk of termination.
Extra information about "Being In Your Head"
Doctors who fail to clock in without submitting a valid Leave of Absence (LOA) may be marked Absent. An LOA can be requested for any reason, such as health issues, vacations, real-life work, or a break from the department. If you anticipate being absent for more than seven days, submit an LOA to the Logistics Department, which grants a leave of up to 30 days from your last recorded activity. Doctors without an LOA risk being marked Absent and may face removal from the department.
You can request an LOA through #📝│role-and-paperwork or #🔖│handbook. Note that the LOA system is NOT intended as a substitute for part-time status, and it is suggested that you have at least 14 days of activity between LOAs to prevent misuse.
While on an LOA, you’re still welcome to go on duty as you wish, as long as you are actively trying for alerts, but it ensures you won’t be required to clock in every seven days during your leave.
Going on duty solely to avoid being robbed is considered an abuse of your whitelisted job privileges. If you are OFF DUTY and someone approaches with the intent to rob you, DO NOT switch to on duty to evade the situation. This applies even if you "forgot to go back on duty" previously—wait until the encounter concludes before returning on duty.
Reviving mid-fight is considered an abuse of a whitelisted job. Do not rush into a dangerous scene to start reviving people, even fellow doctors, and wait for the scene to be cleared. Lawmen SHOULD NOT request that you revive anyone mid-fight, even other lawmen—this puts your job at risk, so do not comply.
As a community, we should hold a greater value in life. We know change is scary, but people need to feel the effects of their choices. Do not revive the same person twice in 30 minutes. If you come upon the same person within 30 minutes of reviving, let them re-alert to get a different medic or offer to drop them off at the witch doctor.
Exemptions to this rule are on-duty Lawmen and Doctors, Combat Medic Lawmen Trainings, RDMs, and Scuffed Patient Situations (For RDMs and scuffed patient situations, save a clip so there are no questions). Syn Staff will be monitoring this rule. If there is a question about the revives, they will ask us to look over our #💩│duty-revive-tracker. (If found to be using your revive exemption as a way to not value life, you will risk termination.)
Doctors must adhere to Federal Law/Server rules and fear for their lives when necessary.
If ordered to leave a scene by an armed group of individuals, you should comply.
If you arrive at a scene where people are shooting, you should stay well back and away from the gunfire until the shots stop.
They should not put themselves in a position of danger.
When Lawmen are present after a gunfight, wait until they’ve secured the area and it’s safe to approach. Follow any instructions given by Lawmen or Combat Medics during these situations.
Self-defense is a last resort, to be used only when there is no other way to protect yourself from harm. Meaning doctors are allowed to defend themselves if escape is not an option, provided they respect Fear-For-Life protocols and follow any relevant Gangs/Families guidelines.
Verbal insults, threats, or disrespect DO NOT justify the use of lethal force.
Instigating, baiting, or provoking someone into attacking to justify a kill is strictly prohibited and will be treated as a Blacklist Offense.
Having someone else rob or kill on your behalf is a Blacklist Offense.
If you feel unsafe or threatened, your main priority is to leave the area.
If you do kill someone in self-defense, you must provide undeniable evidence, such as a complete video recording of the interaction from start to finish.
Partial clips or unclear context will not be accepted as justification. Remember, you cannot provoke someone into attacking just to legitimize a kill.
Examples:
✔️ Acceptable Self-Defense:
You are treating someone in a public area when a group surrounds you and begins shooting without warning. You attempt to escape but are blocked in and forced to defend yourself. You provide a full, unedited clip showing the full interaction and your efforts to avoid the conflict.
✖️ Unacceptable Use of Force:
Someone expresses hostility toward you verbally or accuses you of something, but does not physically threaten or attack you. You choose to stay, escalate the situation, and then use lethal force. This is NOT considered valid self-defense.
✖️ Baiting/Instigating:
You intentionally insert yourself into a tense situation, such as confronting a group with known hostility, making inflammatory comments, and remaining there until a fight breaks out, then claim self-defense. This is considered an instigation and will NOT be justified.
✖️ Retaliation for Theft:
Someone robs you or steals your belongings, like your horse or wagon. You immediately hunt them down and kill them, claiming it as self-defense. This is retaliation, NOT a defensive act, and is NOT permitted under any circumstance.
As a regular Doctor, you may commit certain crimes while OFF-DUTY, but you must wait at least 10 minutes before going back on duty after committing any crime. Failing to do so is considered power-gaming. Despite this flexibility, doctors are expected to maintain a positive reputation with SYN County citizens, meaning you should follow lawful instructions, avoid interfering in situations outside of your role, and never impersonate a Combat Medic. If given a lawful order, you must comply. Remember, as a doctor, your criminal activity should be discreet and never public.
Breaking any part of these rules will lead to dismissal and/or blacklisting from all SYN County whitelisted jobs, meaning you will lose any positions within the Barber’s, Doctor’s, Lawmen’s, Mayor’s, or Newspaper’s Societies. If you have a different pair of shoes across these societies, you’ll be terminated in each position.
The following restrictions apply to all doctors:
No killing, robbing, or stealing from others’ properties, including horses, hideouts, camps, and wagons. You may not hire or ask someone else to do so on your behalf. This rule applies both on and off duty.
Doctors, except for Combat Medics, may own or belong to hideouts (Illegal properties), but you CANNOT participate in raids on others’ camps or hideouts (the act of attacking others' property) unless defending their own. Combat Medics are permitted to defend their camps. If you are on duty when you are notified that one of your properties is being raided, you must go OFF-DUTY before making your way to defend it.
Selling or possessing contraband is allowed, but you CANNOT sell items and immediately go on duty to avoid being robbed. A 10-minute delay before going on duty is required.
You may rob Forts, Banks, General Stores, and Other Government-Owned Buildings and engage with law enforcement if necessary, but you may not initiate these encounters or seek to harm lawmen beyond self-defense. This does not necessarily mean you have to surrender to law enforcement at these robberies; it just means that you cannot be the person to instigate these negative encounters.
You cannot use your doctor position as a cover for crime, which damages trust in the role. For instance, you cannot collect the bodies of criminal associates under the guise of doctoring to shield them from law enforcement, as this crosses into Barber territory.
Wearing a mask in town is considered a crime and is prohibited while on duty. This rule also applies to the Doctor Plague Mask, as it is still classified as a mask.
Additional guidelines:
You may take hostages (e.g., for a bank robbery) and engage in minor assaults, like roughhousing with friends, as long as these actions DO NOT escalate to murder or robbery. Even so, these assaults should only be done outside of town limits or within the pigpen. However, instigating a shootout or provoking violence is NOT allowed. Combat Medics, whether on or off duty, should avoid such behavior entirely, as it is considered corruption.
You may participate in hideout missions (Wagon or Still Missions), but they must be completed while off-duty, as they involve criminal activity.
Lastly, Law Enforcement cannot access an On-Duty doctor’s zipped pocket. So, if you are arrested or detained, you must go off-duty immediately; refusing to do so and involving an admin may lead to a ban. Combat Medics must remain free of criminal records, as they work closely with law enforcement and are prohibited from using their position for personal advantage (e.g., knowing how many lawmen are around so you can sell Heroine, for example).
A message from Blue regarding crime: #📣│announcements
Doctors may join gangs or families, but must follow these rules:
No participation in wars or fights—leave combat to non-doctors.,
Do not instigate fights or wars. If you bait or set up an assault, you’ll be held accountable.
No “pocket medic” role during gang fights—Barbers handle that.
Do not stand by during property raids.
Do not hunt down targets.
Additional information on Gang Affiliation: #📣│announcements
As a doctor, you may work as a Doctor-for-Hire during pre-approved events, with a temporary exemption from the Value of Life rule. To arrange an event, open a ticket with the secretaries in #🗄│open-a-ticket for approval. During these events, you can set and keep your own event fee (minus the revive fees), with recommended rates of $250 for under an hour and $400 for over an hour, though you may charge any amount for your time and on-site presence.
Event rules are as follows:
You must still charge $30 per revive using the /bill command, except in cases where specific exemptions apply.
You must remain off-duty for these events, as they do not count toward your activity requirements.
Ensure there is adequate doctor coverage in-county before attending any event.
Additional guidelines:
For Combat Medic events, approval from the local Sheriff is required, and a lawman must be present throughout the event, following the same protocol as in-county duels.
You cannot be hired by a Bounty Hunter to assist in tracking targets, as this is Barber territory. However, you may help with their training.
Participating in Train Security falls under the Barber territory, as this sometimes involves murder. You may provide revives on the train for people who fall off or get accidentally run over, but you cannot assist with security tasks.
These guidelines allow for flexible participation while respecting boundaries with other roles.
As a doctor, you have the right to refuse service to unruly patients or those who give you an in-character reason to decline treatment. However, if law enforcement issues a valid lawful order to revive a patient, you must comply and provide the revival. Note that refusing service is a personal choice and cannot be enforced upon others. And a lawful order cannot be made when two lawmen are messing around killing each other.
Avoid using #💬│general to warn others about specific individuals causing trouble or continuing to act disruptively post-revival, as this is considered metagaming. If a patient is consistently disruptive, this is a staff concern and should be reported through the proper Syn County channels. Do not attempt to resolve the situation yourself by withholding treatment or detaining them; such actions violate server rules and will result in termination. One rule violation does not justify another, so allow staff to handle these situations.