c . Each party shall have the right to present a written statement in support of its position on appeal . In its sole discretion , the review panel may allow each party or its representative to appear personally and make a time-limited thirty-minute ( 30 ) oral argument . The review panel shall recommend final action to the Board .
d . The Board may affirm , modify , or reverse the recommendation of the review panel or , in its discretion , refer the matter for further review and recommendation , or make its own decision based upon the Board ’ s ultimate legal responsibility to grant appointment and clinical privileges .
7.5 Final Decision of the Hospital Board
Within thirty ( 30 ) calendar days after receiving the review panel ’ s recommendation , the Board shall render a final decision in writing , including specific reasons for its action , and shall deliver copies thereof to the affected individual and to the chairs of the credentials committee and MEC , in person or by certified mail , return receipt requested .
7.6 Right to One Appeal Only
No applicant or medical staff member shall be entitled as a matter of right to more than one ( 1 ) hearing or appellate review on any single matter which may be the subject of an appeal . In the event that the Board ultimately determines to deny medical staff appointment or reappointment to an applicant , or to revoke or terminate the medical staff appointment and / or clinical privileges of a current member or a physician or dentist with privileges without membership , that individual may not apply within five ( 5 ) years for medical staff appointment or for those clinical privileges at this hospital unless the Board advises otherwise .
7.7 Fair hearing and appeal for those with privileges without medical staff membership and who are not physicians or dentists
Psychologists , and privileged Allied Health Professionals are not entitled to the hearing and appeals procedures set forth in the medical staff bylaws . In the event one of these practitioners receives notice of a recommendation by the Medical Executive Committee that will adversely affect his / her exercise of clinical privileges , the practitioner and his / her supervising physician shall have the right to meet personally with two physicians and a peer assigned by the Chief of Staff to discuss the recommendation . The practitioner and the supervising physician must request such a meeting in writing to the CEO within 10 working days from the date of receipt of such notice . At the meeting , the practitioner and the supervising physician must be present to discuss , explain , or refute the recommendation , but such meeting shall not constitute a hearing and none of the procedural rules set forth in the medical staff bylaws with respect to hearings shall apply . Findings from this review body will be forwarded to the affected practitioner , the MEC and the Board .
The practitioner and the supervising physician may request an appeal in writing to the CEO within 10 days of receipt of the findings of the review body . Two members of the Board assigned by the chair of the Board shall hear the appeal from the practitioner and the supervising physician . A representative from the medical staff leadership may be present . The decision of the appeal body will be forwarded to the Board for final decision . The practitioner and the supervising physician will be notified within 10 days of the final decision of the Board .
MEDICAL STAFF Investigations , Corrective Action , Hearing and Appeal Plan
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