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Commission approves revisions to SFGH medical staff bylaws to tighten temporary privileges

San Francisco Health Commission · September 1, 2015
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Summary

The Health Commission approved amendments to San Francisco General Hospital medical staff bylaws allowing limited email voting for routine credential business and tightening rules for granting temporary privileges; commissioners asked staff to restore CEO concurrence language and clarified that credentialing standards do not change.

The Health Commission approved several revisions to San Francisco General Hospital’s medical staff bylaws intended to tighten the temporary‑privileges process and speed routine credentialing.

Dr. Jim Marks presented three linked changes: (1) defining who may perform EMTALA medical screening exams (limited to physician members of the medical staff and authorized affiliated professionals, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and certified nurse midwives under a standardized procedure) to…

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