Rule 15-12-32-4.2.3 - Qualifications of Emergency Physicians1. For those physicians providing emergency medicine coverage, board certification in Emergency Medicine is desirable. However, career emergency medicine physicians who are board certified in a specialty recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties, a Canadian Board or other equivalent foreign board meets the requirements.2. Alternative criteria for the non-boarded physician working in the Emergency Department are as follows:a. He/she must be licensed to practice medicine.b. He/she must be approved by the hospital's credentialing committee for emergency medicine privileges.c. The physician must meet all criteria established by the trauma and emergency medical director to serve on the trauma team.d. The physician's experience in caring for the trauma patient must be tracked by the PI program.e. The TMD and emergency medical director must attest to the physician's experience and quality as part of the recurring granting of trauma team privileges.f. Residency in Emergency Medicine is desirable.3. The emergency medicine liaison must participate in a multi-disciplinary trauma committee and the PI process. Peer review committee attendance must be greater than fifty percent (50%) over a year's period of time. Emergency physicians must be currently certified in ATLS (ATLS requirements are waived for Board Certified Emergency Medicine and Board Certified General Surgery Physicians), and it is desirable that they be involved in at least forty eight (48) hours of trauma related continuing education (CME) every 3 years. As a minimum, all other physicians on the trauma team must participate in the hospital's internal education plan.15 Miss. Code. R. 12-32-4.2.3
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