Bylaws

Table of Contents

Preamble & Definitions  ARTICLE I  ARTICLE II  ARTICLE III  ARTICLE IV  ARTICLE V  ARTICLE VI  ARTICLE VII  ARTICLE VIII  ARTICLE IX  ARTICLE X  ARTICLE XI  ARTICLE XII  ARTICLE XIII  ARTICLE XIV  ARTICLE XV

 ARTICLE XIV - ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

14.1         QUALIFICATIONS

Allied Health professionals (AHPs) holding license, certificate or such other legal credentials, if any, as required by California law which authorize the AHPs to provide certain professional services, are not eligible for Medical Staff membership. Such AHPs are eligible for practice privileges in this Medical Center only if they:

(a)   Hold a license, certificate or other legal credential in a category of AHPs which the Board of Directors has identified as eligible to apply for practice privileges;

(b)   Document their experience, background, training which, on initial application shall include a minimum of one year of prior in hospital training, demonstrated ability, judgment, and physical and mental health status with sufficient adequacy to demonstrate that any patient treated by them will receive care of the generally recognized professional level of quality and efficiency established by the Medical Center, and that they are qualified to exercise practice privileges within the Medical Center; and

(c)   Are determined, on the basis of documented references to adhere strictly to the ethics of their respective professionals; to work cooperatively with others in the Medical Center setting; and to be willing to commit to and regularly assist the Medical Center in fulfilling its obligations related to patient care, within the areas of their professional competence and credentials.

14.2         DELINEATION OF CATEGORIES OF ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR PRACTICE PRIVILEGES

The Board of Directors upon recommendation of the Medical Executive Committee shall review and identify the categories of AHPs, based upon occupation or profession, which shall be eligible to apply for practice privileges in the Medical Center.  For each eligible AHP category, the Board of Directors upon recommendation of the Medical Executive Committee shall identify the mode of practice in the Hospital setting (i.e., independent or dependent) and the practice privileges and prerogatives that may be granted to qualified AHPs in that category. The Board of Directors upon recommendation of the Medical Executive Committee shall secure recommendations from the Executive Committee as to the categories of AHPs, which should be eligible to apply for practice privileges. Each such AHP category, when approved by the Medical Executive Committee and the Board of Directors, shall set forth in the Medical Staff Rules & Regulations.

14.3         PROCEDURE FOR GRANTING PRACTICE PRIVILEGES

An AHP must apply and qualify for practice privileges; and practitioners who desire to supervise or direct AHPs who provide dependent services must apply and qualify for privileges to supervise approved AHPs. applications for initial granting of practiced privileges, and annual granting of practice privileges, and annual renewal thereof, shall be submitted and processed in a parallel manner to that provided in Article IV for practitioners, unless otherwise specified in the Medical Staff Rules & Regulations.

Each AHP shall be assigned to the clinical department appropriate to his occupational or professional training and, unless otherwise specified in the Rules and Regulations, shall be subject to terms and conditions paralleling those specified in Article IV and Article V, as applied to AHPs and appropriately tailored to the particular AHP's profession.

14.4         PRIVILEGES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The privileges and responsibilities connected with an AHP's providing patient care services within the Medical Center are detailed in the Medical Staff Rules & Regulations, Section X, Allied Health Professionals.