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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Mark Flnucane, Health Services Director 1 Contra
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DATE: April 7, 1995 Count/
SUBJECT: CHANGES TO MEDICAL STAFF BYLAWS
SMCW C REGUEST(S)OR (S)i BACKGROUND ASID A ST*VATIOM
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the amendments to the Medical Staff Bylaws. Detailed amendments showing deletions and insertions are attached.
BACKGROUND:
Changes to the bylaws were undertaken for several reasons:
Department Head Responsibilities(New subsection 8.6-5(1)): Adds to Department Head Responsibilities the charge
of identifying and approving off-site sources for patient care not provided at the hospital.
Termination of Staff Membership Due to Inactivity (Section 5.8): Allows termination if no activity during initial
appointment instead of waiting until fust reappointment period to be completed.
Rights of the Practitioner(Section 6.8-4): Brings this section into compliance with state law and with other,previously
approved,sections of the Bylaws.
These changes were approved by the Medical Executive Committee on March 20,1995,and also by the active Medical Staff by mailed
ballots. They also were reviewed by County Counsel.
FISCAL IWACT:
None.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE
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ACTION OF BOARD ON��Q aS- , j 9 qS APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED " OTHER
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: !1r OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
awfteiprw,: Steven C. Tremain, M.D. /,
CC: Mark Finucane ATTESTED C." c15 I )99"5-
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99SFrank Puglis i PHIL BKTCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Steven C. Tremain, M.D. SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY OA-)DEPUTY
8.6-5 Duties
Each Department Head shall have the following authority,duties and responsibilities:
Assess and recommend to the relevant hospital authority off-site sources for needed
patient care services not provided by the department or organization.
5.8 TERMINATION OF STAFF MEMBERSHIP DUE TO INACTIVITY
A member who,during the entire period of the latest appointment
has been completely inactive in the staff, as
defined in Section 5.6-1(c), shall be deemed to have voluntarily resigned from the staff. Such
resignation shall result in automatic termination of membership, privileges, and prerogatives. A
member whose membership is automatically terminated in accord with this section shall be entitled
to the procedural rights provided in Article Al for the sole purpose of determining whether he/she had
patient contacts or not. In such situation,the burden of proof shall be on the member and not on the
Medical Staff. A request for Medical Staff membership subsequently received from a member so
terminated shall be submitted and processed in the manner specified for the applications for initial
appointments.
6.84 Rights of the Practitioner
A practitioner shall not be entitled to the procedural rights afforded by Article XII because
his/her request for temporary privileges is refused orbecause However, if all or any portion
of his/her temporary privileges are terminated or suspended,the practitioner shall be entitled
to the procedural rights afforded by Article XII.
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