Model Medical Staff Bylaws & Rules

This publication sets the framework for the working relationship of the medical staff, hospital administration and governing body, and assures legal protections are in place. The manual stresses quality-of-care responsibilities and accountability. System-wide credentialing and allied health professionals also are addressed.

The manual is consistent with California and federal law, and the applicable The Joint Commission standards. There are optional provisions and alternative selections throughout the bylaws that providers can use to prepare bylaws to meet their needs and practices.

280 pages (8th edition, 2008)

Manual and CD-ROM
Member Price: $165
Nonmember Price: $295

The CD-ROM contains the complete manual text in Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat PDF formats. These templates can be customized to meet a hospital's unique needs and practices. The CD-ROM also includes annotated versions that show changes from the previous edition as well as a side-by-side comparison of the CHA Model Medical Staff Bylaws and Rules to the California Medical Association model bylaws.

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• Download order form and fax or mail

Contents

• Bylaws
  
  • Preamble
  • Definitions
  • Name and Purposes
  • Medical Staff Membership
  • Categories of the Medical Staff
  • Procedures for Appointment and Reappointment
  • Privileges
  • Allied Health Professionals
  • Performance Evaluation and Monitoring
  • Medical Staff Officers and Medical Director
  • Committees
  • Departments and Sections
  • Meetings
  • Confidentiality, Immunity, Releases and Indemnification
  • Performance Improvement and Corrective Action
  • Hearings and Appellate Reviews
  • General Provisions
  • Adoption and Amendment of Bylaws
    
    
• Rules
  
  • Categories of Membership
  • Appointment and Reappointment
  • Standards of Conduct
  • Committees
  • Departments
  • Allied Health Professionals

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