Medical Staff Bylaws - Arkansas Children's Hospital

6.2 Conditions of Appointment6.2.1 Conditions of appointment and membership for the Affiliated Health Professional Staffshall be as outlined in Bylaws of the Medical Staff.6.2.2 Appointments to the Affiliated Health Professional staff confer on the appointee onlysuch clinical privileges as have been granted by the Board of Directors. Members of the AffiliatedHealth Professional Staff do not have admitting privileges, cannot serve as clinical attending forinpatients, nor can they be granted privileges outside the scope of their license.6.2.3 Affiliated Staff may practice independently in clinic settings consistent with theirprivileges and within the scope of their licenses. A member of the medical staff is required to beavailable (although not required to be physically present in the clinic). Documentation of clinic notesand orders do not require co-signature.6.2.4 Acceptance of membership in the Affiliated Health Professional Staff shall constitute thestaff member’s agreement that he/she will abide by the Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations, theapplicable policies and procedures of Arkansas Children's Hospital, and the Code of Conduct ofArkansas Children's Hospital.6.2.5 Members of the Affiliated Health Professional Staff may attend meetings of the generalMedical Staff, but without vote.6.2.6 The member may be appointed by the Chief of Staff to serve on committees of theMedical Staff. Such appointment by the Chief of Staff confers the right to vote on such matterspresented to that committee.6.3 Appointment, ReappointmentProcedures for appointment and reappointment of Affiliated Health Professional Staff shall be consistentwith the Bylaws of the Medical Staff and in accordance with hospital policy.6.4 Clinical Privileges6.4.1 Clinical privileges for Affiliated Health Professional Staff shall be granted as outlined inthe Medical Staff Bylaws and/or Medical Staff policy, as appropriate to the privileges being granted.6.4.2 Members of the Affiliated Health Professional staff shall be assigned to the ClinicalService in which most of the privileges are performed.6.4.3 Advanced practice nurses may be granted privileges for prescriptive authority if the nurseholds the appropriate license, if recommended by the MSEC, and if approved by the Board of Directors.(Refer to Medical Staff Rules and Regulations re: orders and entries into the medical record.)88