HOUSE STAFF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3

Section 1: House Staff General Responsibilities --------------------------------------------- 4

Section 2: School of Medicine's General Responsibilities -------------------------------- 5

Section 3: Summary of Benefits ------------------------------------------------------------------- 5

Section 4: Leave Time --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8

Section 5: Requirements for Appointment ----------------------------------------------------- 13

Section 6: Duty Hours and Moonlighting Policies--------------------------------------------- 20

Section 7: Disciplinary Actions --------------------------------------------------------------------- 24

Section 8: Counseling and Support Services -------------------------------------------------- 26

Section 9: Behavioral Health Statement -------------------------------------------------------- 27

Section 10: Graduate Medical Education Committees ------------------------------------- 32

Section 11: Personnel Files ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34

Section 12: Other Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34

Section 13: Workers' Compensation ------------------------------------------------------------ 35

Section 14: Infection Control ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 42

Section 15: Equal Opportunity --------------------------------------------------------------------- 48

Section 16: Liability Insurance and Risk Management Programs --------------------- 48

Section 17: Standards of Conduct --------------------------------------------------------------- 49

Section 18: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act [HIPAA] ----- 49

Section 19: Release of Information to the Media -------------------------------------------- 50

Section 20: Conflict of Interest ------------------------------------------------------------------- 50

Section 21: No Solicitation ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50

Section 22: Weapons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51

Section 23: Smoke-Free Workplace ------------------------------------------------------------ 51

Section 24: Drug-Free Workplace --------------------------------------------------------------- 51

Section 25: Dress Code ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51

Section 26: Tips/Gifts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52

Section 27: Care and Use of Property/Equipment ------------------------------------------ 52

Section 28: Pastoral Services -------------------------------------------------------------------- 53

Section 29: Security --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 53

Section 30: Teaching Responsibilities --------------------------------------------------------- 53

Section 31: Department Orientation ------------------------------------------------------------ 53

Section 32: Policies on Consensual Teacher-Student
Relationships and Sexual Harassment ------------------------------------------------------- 53

Section 33: Grievance Procedure --------------------------------------------------------------- 54

Section 34: Hearing and Appellate Review Procedures
for Termination of a Residency Appointment ----------------------------------------------- 57

Appendix A: Policy and Procedure on Resident Recruitment and Appointment-- 62

Appendix B: Residency Appointment Agreement ----------------------------------------- 64

Appendix C: Equal Opportunity Policies ------------------------------------------------------ 66

Policy Statement on Discriminatory Harassment 

Formal Procedures for Handling Complaints of Discriminatory Harassment

Appendix D : Moonlighting Forms --------------------------------------------------------------- 74

Appendix E : Professional and General Liability Insurance ---------------------------- 76

Appendix F : Institutional Policies--------------------------------------------------------------- 77

 

 

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