10A N.C. Admin. Code 13B.3704

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 8, October 15, 2024

Section 13B .3704 - ESTABLISHMENT AND CATEGORIES OF MEDICAL STAFF MEMBERSHIP

(a) The medical staff shall be established in accordance with the bylaws of the facility and organized in accordance with the bylaws, rules, and regulations of the medical staff. After considering the recommendations of the medical staff, the governing body of the facility may, in accordance with G.S. 131E-85, grant medical staff membership and clinical privileges to qualified, licensed practitioners in accordance with their training, experience, and demonstrated competence and judgment in accordance with the medical staff bylaws, rules, and regulations.

(b) Every facility shall have an active medical staff, as defined by the medical staff bylaws, rules, and regulations, to deliver medical services within the facility and to administer medical staff functions. The members of the active medical staff shall be eligible to vote at medical staff meetings and to hold medical staff office positions as determined by the medical staff bylaws, rules, and regulations and shall be responsible for recommendations made to the governing body regarding the organization and administration of the medical staff. Medical staff office positions shall be determined in the medical staff bylaws, rules, and regulations.

(c) The active medical staff may establish other categories for membership in the medical staff. These categories for membership shall be identified and defined in the medical staff bylaws. Examples of membership categories include:

(1) active medical staff;

(2) associate medical staff;

(3) courtesy medical staff;

(4) temporary medical staff;

(5) consulting medical staff;

(6) honorary medical staff; or

(7) other staff classifications.

The medical staff bylaws shall describe the authority, duties, privileges, and voting rights for each membership category consistent with applicable law, rules, and regulations and requirements of facility accrediting bodies.

10A N.C. Admin. Code 13B .3704

Authority G.S. 131E-79;
Eff. January 1, 1996;
Readopted Eff. July 1, 2020.

Authority G.S. 131E-79;
Eff. January 1, 1996.

Readopted by North Carolina Register Volume 35, Issue 03, August 3, 2020 effective 7/1/2020.