(a)General. (1) The governing body shall establish and implement written admission and discharge policies to protect the health and safety of the patients and shall not assign or delegate the functions of admission and discharge to any referral agency and shall not permit the splitting or sharing of fees between a referring agency and the hospital. (b)Admission. (1) Each patient shall be advised of their rights pursuant to section 405.7 of this Part and, as appropriate, the criteria for Medicaid
The hospital shall have an organized medical staff that operates under bylaws approved by the governing body. (a)Medical staff accountability. The medical staff shall be organized and accountable to the governing body for the quality of the medical care provided to all patients. (1) The medical staff shall establish objective standards of care and conduct to be followed by all practitioners granted privileges at the hospital. Those standards shall: (i) be consistent with prevailing standards of medical
(a)Who must report. Each entity, including an insurance company, which makes a payment under an insurance policy, self-insurance, or otherwise, for the benefit of a health care practitioner in settlement of or in satisfaction in whole or in part of a claim or a judgment against such health care practitioner for medical malpractice, must report information as set forth in paragraph (b) of this section to the NPDB and to the appropriate state licensing board(s) in the state in which the act or omission
(a) All papers shall comply with applicable statutes and rules, particularly the signing requirement of section 130-1.1 -a of this Title. (b) Papers filed. Papers filed means briefs, papers submitted pursuant to sections 500.10 and 500.11 of this Part, motion papers, records and appendices. (c) Method of reproduction. All papers filed may be reproduced by any method that produces a permanent, legible, black image on white paper. Reproduction on both sides of the paper is encouraged. (d) Designation