Rule 15-12-32-6.1.11 - Qualifications of Emergency Physicians1. For those physicians providing emergency medicine coverage, board certification in Emergency Medicine is desirable. However, emergency medicine physicians who are boarded in a specialty recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialists, a Canadian Board or other equivalent foreign board meets the requirements.2. Alternate criteria for the non-boarded physician working in the Emergency Department are as follows: a. He/she must be licensed to practice medicine.b. He/she must be approved by the hospital's credentialing committee for emergency medicine privileges.c. The physicians meet all criteria established by the pediatric trauma and emergency medicine directors to serve on the pediatric trauma team.d. The physician's experience in caring for the pediatric trauma patient must be tracked by the trauma PI program.e. The pediatric trauma and emergency medicine directors must attend to the physician's experience and quality as part of the recurring granting of pediatric trauma team privileges.f. Residency in Emergency Medicine is desirable.3. The emergency medicine liaison must participate in a multidisciplinary trauma committee, the PI process, maintain peer review committee attendance greater than fifty percent (50%) over a year's period of time, and maintain 16 hours of trauma related CME each year. General Surgery and Emergency physicians must be currently certified in ATLS (ATLS requirements are waived for Board Certified Emergency Medicine and Board Certified General Surgery physicians), and it is desirable that they be involved in at least forty eight (48) hours of trauma related CME every 3 years and must actively participate in an internal trauma education process.15 Miss. Code. R. 12-32-6.1.11
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