( a) Individuals requesting reinstatement must submit a written summary of their professional activities during the leave and any other information that may be requested by the Hospital, including but not necessarily limited to treating providers. Requests for reinstatement will be reviewed by the Chief of Staff, the relevant department chair, Credentials Committee Chair, and CMO / VPMA.
( b) If each of these individuals makes a favorable recommendation on reinstatement, the individual may immediately resume clinical practice. However, if any of the individuals reviewing the request have any questions, those questions will be noted, and the reinstatement request will be forwarded to the full Credentials Committee, MEC, and Board. The recommendation for reinstatement from the leave of absence may be subject to specific conditions such as proctoring or monitoring to allow for a closer assessment of the individual’ s competence.
( c) If the leave of absence was for health reasons( except for a maternity leave), the request for reinstatement must be accompanied by a report from the individual’ s health care practitioner( or reports from evaluations as requested by the Chief of Staff and the CMO / VPMA) indicating that the individual is physically and / or mentally capable of resuming a hospital practice and safely exercising the clinical privileges requested..
( d) If a member’ s reappointment is set to expire during the leave of absence, the member will be required to apply for reappointment during their leave. Failure to reapply in a timely fashion, though on leave, will be deemed an automatic resignation of appointment and clinical privileges and the individual will be required to submit an application for initial appointment.
( e) Except for leaves granted for military service, failure to request reinstatement from a leave of absence within one( 1) year will be deemed a voluntary resignation of appointment and clinical privileges unless an extension is granted by the CMO / VPMA. Extensions will be considered only in extraordinary cases where the extension of a leave is in the best interest of the Hospital.
6. E. PRECAUTIONARY SUSPENSION OR RESTRICTION OF CLINICAL PRIVILEGES 6. E. 1. Grounds for Precautionary Suspension or Restriction:
( a) Whenever failure to take action may result in imminent danger to the health and / or safety of any individual, the MEC, Chief of Staff, CEO, CMO / VPMA, or Board Chair is authorized to( 1) suspend or restrict all or any portion of an individual’ s clinical privileges or( 2) afford the individual an opportunity to voluntarily refrain from exercising clinical privileges while the matter is being reviewed. The process defined below will apply regardless of the option used in this paragraph.
( b) A precautionary suspension can be imposed at any time, including after a specific event, a pattern of events, or a recommendation by the MEC that would entitle the
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