Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 18, May 3, 2024
Section 64-89-4 - Mandatory Use of Uniform Credentialing Form and Uniform Recredentialing Form4.1. Beginning July 1, 2003, all health care entities shall use the uniform credentialing form developed by the committee for credentialing health care practitioners and the uniform recredentialing form developed by the committee for recredentialing health care practitioners. No health care entity may require any health care practitioner credentialed by that health care entity prior to July 1, 2003 to reapply using these forms until the date on which the health care practitioner would otherwise be required to reapply or provide updated credentialing information.
4.2. The health care practitioners who are required to use the uniform credentialing and uniform recredentialing forms are those designated by the secretary and commissioner.4.3. Once the health care practitioner has completed the uniform credentialing and/or uniform recredentialing forms, he or she may duplicate the forms as necessary for submission to multiple health care entities. The forms shall be accompanied by the following: 4.3.a. An affirmation or attestation page that bears an original signature and date and that verifies the accuracy of the information on the form as of the date it is signed; and4.3.b. An original signed authorization to release information to the health care entity relating to the professional qualifications, ethical standing, competence, and mental and physical health of the health care practitioner.4.4. A health care entity may request information in addition to the information provided in the uniform credentialing or uniform recredentialing forms. A request for additional information may not require repetition of the information required in, or substitute another form for, the uniform credentialing or uniform recredentialing forms. Additional information shall be requested by the health care entity on supplemental sheets attached to the uniform forms.4.5. When the uniform credentialing form or uniform recredentialing form is amended as provided in Section 5 of this rule, all health care entities shall use the amended uniform forms to credential or recredential health care practitioners.