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Special meetings of the Medical Staff may be called at any time by the President of the Medical Staff, the Medical Executive Committee, at the request of the Governing Body or the request of not less than twenty-five (25) members of the Active Medical Staff. The special Medical Staff meeting shall be held at the time and place designated in the meeting notice. No business shall be transacted at any special Medical Staff meeting except that stated in the meeting notice.
Written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of any special meeting of the Medical Staff shall be delivered, either personally or by mail, to each Medical Staff member eligible to attend, not less than five (5) calendar days before the date of such special Medical Staff meeting.
1. Agenda at Special Medical Staff Meetings:
a. Reading of notice calling the special Medical Staff meeting.
b. Transaction of the business for which the special Medical Staff meeting was called.
2. All recommendations of the special Medical Staff meeting shall be referred in writing to the Medical Executive Committee.
D. MINUTES
Minutes of each regular and special meeting of the Medical Staff shall be prepared and shall include a record of attendance and the vote taken on each matter under
consideration. Copies of such minutes shall be signed by the presiding officer and approved by attendees at the next regularly scheduled Medical Staff meeting. A permanent file of the minutes of each Medical Staff meeting shall be maintained and made available to Medical Staff members at their request.
Section II:
Meetings of the Medical Staff Committees
A. REGULAR MEETINGS
Committees of the Medical Staff meet at least two (2) times per year, or as otherwise provided, at the dates and times established at the first meeting of the committee following the annual meeting of the Medical Staff. Committees of the Medical Staff may, by resolution, provide the time for holding regular committee meetings without notice other than such resolution. Unless otherwise specifically provided, committees of the Medical Staff shall meet as often as necessary to discharge assigned duties in
accordance with licensure regulations and accreditation standards. 1. Order of Business
a. Call to order.
b. Review and acceptance of the minutes of the last regular and of all special meetings held since the last regular meeting of said Medical Staff
Committee. c. Old business. d. New business. e. Adjournment. 2. Quorum
With respect to the Medical Executive, Credentials and Peer Review
Committee meetings, a quorum is fifty percent (50%) of the voting members of the Committee. For all other Medical Staff committees, the members in attendance shall constitute a quorum at said meeting.
3. Manner of Action
Except as otherwise specified, the action of a majority of the Medical Staff members present and voting at a Medical Staff committee meeting shall be the action of the group.
4. Attendance Requirements
Members of the Medical Executive, Credentials and Peer Review Committees are required to attend at least fifty percent (50%) of the meetings of those committees on which they serve. Members of all other Medical Staff committees are encouraged to attend meetings of the Medical Staff committees on which they serve.
5. Special Appearance
A practitioner whose patient’s clinical course or treatment is scheduled for discussion at a regular Medical Staff committee meeting may be requested to make a special appearance whenever there is an apparent or suspected
deviation from standard clinical practice. The Chair of that Medical Staff Committee shall give the practitioner at least twenty-one (21) days advance written notice of the time and place of the meeting. Failure of a practitioner to appear at any Medical Staff committee meeting with respect to which he/she was given such special notice may, unless excused upon a showing of good cause, be referred to the Medical Executive Committee for possible corrective action as defined by these Medical Staff Bylaws.
B. SPECIAL MEETINGS
A special meeting of any Medical Staff Committee may be called by or at the request of the Chair thereof, the President of the Medical Staff, or by one-third (1/3) of the group’s current Medical Staff members. No business shall be transacted at any special Medical Staff committee meeting except for that stated in the meeting notice.
1. Agenda at Special Medical Staff Committee Meetings: a. Reading of notice calling the meeting.
b. Transaction of the business for which the special meeting was called. c. Adjournment.
2. All recommendations of the special Medical Staff Committee meeting shall be referred in writing to the Medical Executive Committee.
C. MINUTES
Minutes of each regular and special meeting of each Medical Staff Committee shall be prepared and shall include a record of attendance and the vote taken on each matter under consideration. Copies of such minutes shall be signed by the presiding officer and
approved by attendees at the next regularly scheduled meeting of each Medical Staff Committee. A permanent file of the minutes of each Medical Staff committee meeting shall be maintained and made available to Medical Staff members at their request. D. ACTION TAKEN WITHOUT A MEETING
Action may be taken without a meeting by a Medical Staff committee if there is unanimous consent in writing setting forth the action so taken and signed by each member of the Medical Staff committee entitled to vote thereat.