Medical Staff Bylaws - Arkansas Children's Hospital

3.1 Nature of Medical Staff MembershipARTICLE 3: MEDICAL STAFF MEMBERSHIP3.1.1 Only Physicians and Dentists licensed to practice in the State of Arkansas, who candocument their background, experience, training and demonstrated competence, their adherence to theethics of their profession, their good reputation, their ability to work with others, and who attest that theyare physically and mentally qualified to carry out their required professional duties, with sufficientadequacy to assure the Medical Staff and the Board of Directors that any patient treated by them in theHospital will be given a high quality of medical care, shall be qualified for membership on the MedicalStaff.3.1.2 No Physician or Dentist shall be entitled to membership on the Medical Staff or to theexercise of clinical privileges in the Hospital merely by virtue of the fact that he/she is duly licensed topractice medicine or dentistry in this or any other state, or that he/she is a member of any professionalorganization, or that he/she had in the past, or presently has, such privileges at another hospital.3.1.3 Qualified professionals may apply for membership in the Affiliated Health ProfessionalStaff, as described in these Bylaws.3.2 Conditions of Membership3.2.1 Acceptance of membership on the Medical Staff shall constitute the staff member'sagreement that he/she will strictly abide by the general principles of medical and/or dental ethics and theCode of Conduct of Arkansas Children’s Hospital, and will conduct professional Medical Staff servicesin a manner that complies with all relevant governmental statutes, rules and regulations.3.2.2 Every application for staff membership shall be signed by the Applicant and shall containthe Applicant's specific acknowledgment of each Medical Staff member's obligations to providecontinuous care and supervision of his/her patients, to abide by the Bylaws, Rules andRegulations/policies and procedures of Arkansas Children's Hospital and its Medical Staff, to acceptcommittee assignments and to accept consultation assignments.3.2.3 As a condition of Medical Staff membership and/or the exercising of clinical privileges,staff members agree to cooperate with for cause drug testing and evaluation for mood-alteringsubstances, if so requested by an officer of the Medical Staff and/or representative of the Medical StaffHealth Committee, and with random drug screening as designed by the Medical Staff Health Committeeand approved by the MSEC. Further, as a condition of Medical Staff membership, Applicants will agreeto abide by the recommendations/contracts set forth by the MSHC.3.2.4 Practitioners, who do not participate in the teaching program, are not subject to denial ofMedical Staff membership or limitation of clinical privileges for this reason alone.2