Medical Staff Bylaws - Arkansas Children's Hospital

10.5.3(a) involving actions other than specified in Section 10.1.2, shall not entitlethe affected Applicant or Practitioner to appellate review. The hearing committeereport shall be forwarded to the Board of Directors for final action. The Board ofDirectors may affirm, reject or modify the action of the hearing committee and itselftake any action, whether more or less severe than the action of the hearingcommittee it deems warranted by the circumstances. In the event such action by theBoard of Directors results in an action specified in Section 10.1.2 hereof, theaffected Applicant or Practitioner shall then be entitled to appellate review.C. Report to Board of Directors From Action of Hearing Committee Composed UnderSection 10.5.3(b). The affected Applicant or Practitioner is not entitled to appellatereview hereof from any action by a hearing committee composed under Section10.5.3(b). The hearing committee report shall be forwarded to the Board ofDirectors for final action. The Board of Directors may affirm, reject or modify theaction of the hearing committee and itself take any action, whether more or lesssevere than the action of the hearing committee it deems warranted by thecircumstances.10.8 Initiation And Prerequisites Of Appellate Review10.8.1 Request for Appellate Review. The affected Applicant or Practitioner shall have ten (10)business days after receiving a notice of adverse action under Section 10.7.2 that entitles him to appellatereview to file a written request for appellate review. The request must be delivered to the ChiefExecutive Officer either in person or by certified mail, return receipt requested, and may, in the affectedApplicant's or Practitioner's discretion, include requests for:A. A copy of the hearing committee report and record and all other material, favorableor unfavorable, if not previously forwarded, that was considered in taking theadverse action;B. The right to submit a written statement pursuant to Section 10.9.2;C. The right to make an oral statement pursuant to Section 10.9.3; orD. Consideration of new or additional matters pursuant to Section 10.9.4.10.8.2 Waiver.A. An affected Applicant or Practitioner who fails to request an appellate reviewwithin the time and manner specified in Section 10.8.1 shall be deemed to havewaived any right to appellate review. Such waiver shall have the same force andeffect as provided in Section 10.4.B. An affected Applicant or Practitioner who fails to request the right to submit awritten statement, or who fails to request the right to make an oral statement shallbe deemed to have waived any right to make such request or submit such written or46