Resident Handbook - UC Davis Health System

Grounds for Disciplinary Action:Grounds for disciplinary action include, but are not limited to, the following:• Failure to rectify deficiencies of which the resident has been notified in one or moreletters of warning, censure, probation, or suspension.• Incompetence or conduct adversely affecting quality of patient care.• Unethical or illegal conduct.• Violation of standards of the residency program, or of the Bylaws or the Rules andRegulations of the Medical Staff of Mercy Medical Center.Medical Record Delinquency:Letters:Suspensions of clinical privileges, which arise from medical record delinquencies underthe provisions of the Bylaws of the Medical Staff of Mercy Medical Center, shallautomatically result in a like suspension of participation in the residency program,without right of hearing or appeal. Participation shall be reinstated upon reinstatement ofclinical privileges pursuant to the Bylaws of the Medical Staff of Mercy Medical Center.Continued medical record delinquency may be cause for other disciplinary action.Letters of counseling, warning, admonition, reprimand, and censure shall be issued by theResidency Director when a resident's performance fails to meet the standards set by thetraining program. Receipt of such a letter requires that the resident physician correct thedeficiency as presented within the letter. The letter shall stipulate the specific reasons forany actions noted and the recommended course for correction. If patient care activitiesare involved, a copy of the letter will be submitted to the Medical Director of MercyMedical Center. Continued failure to correct the deficiencies may result in suspension ordismissal from the residency training program. Such a letter shall not give rise to a rightto a review hearing or to appeal.Temporary Suspension:A resident physician may, without right to a review hearing, be temporarily suspended,for a period not to exceed ten (10) days, from participation in the residency program,including loss of clinical privileges, at any time upon the written, specificrecommendation of a faculty member to the Residency Director if, after review, theDirector, in his sole judgment and discretion, determines that patient care has beencompromised or that the resident physician is involved in activity not otherwiseappropriate to the program. During the period of temporary suspension, the ResidencyDirector may review the resident’s performance and determine whether or not additionaldisciplinary action should be taken against the resident.The Residency Director may determine that suspension of a resident's privileges shouldremain in effect for a period in excess of ten (10) days. In that event, the resident shall bePage 89 of 153C:\Documents and Settings\dhutak\Desktop\rshb13.doc