Sec. 9. (a) The governing board may determine appointments and reappointments to the medical staff and delineate privileges of the members of the medical staff.
(b) All licensed physicians are eligible for membership on the medical staff of the hospital, but the board may establish and enforce reasonable standards and rules concerning the qualifications for the following:
(1) Admission to the medical staff.
(2) Practice in the hospital.
(3) Retention of membership.
(4) The granting of medical staff privileges within the hospital.
(c) The standards and rules described in subsection (b) may not discriminate against a licensed physician of any school of medicine but may, in the interest of good patient care, consider the applicant's postgraduate medical education, training, experience, and other facts concerning the applicant that may affect the physician's professional competence. The rules may include a requirement for the following:
(1) The submission of proof that a medical staff member has qualified as a health care provider under IC 16-18-2-163.
(2) The performance of patient care and related duties in a manner that is not disruptive to the delivery of quality medical care in the hospital setting.
(3) Standards of quality medical care that recognize the efficient and effective utilization of hospital resources as developed by the medical staff.
(d) The medical staff shall originate and the board must approve bylaws and rules for self-government. The bylaws must provide for a hearing for a physician whose medical staff membership the medical staff has recommended for termination.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.1-3-7; 16-12.1-5-1.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.
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