2005 Idaho Code - 39-1395 — PRACTICE OF PODIATRY -- MEDICAL STAFF MEMBERSHIP

                                  TITLE  39
                              HEALTH AND SAFETY
                                  CHAPTER 13
                       HOSPITAL LICENSES AND INSPECTION
    39-1395.  PRACTICE OF PODIATRY -- MEDICAL STAFF MEMBERSHIP. Except as
otherwise provided in this section, no provision or provisions of this section
shall in any way change or modify the authority or power of the governing body
of any hospital to make such rules, standards or qualifications for medical
staff membership as they, in their discretion, may deem necessary or
advisable, or to grant or refuse membership on a medical staff.
    An applicant for medical staff membership may not be denied membership
solely on the ground that the applicant holds a license to practice podiatry
issued by the Idaho state board of podiatry. The criteria utilized for
granting medical staff membership shall be reasonable and shall not
discriminate against podiatry.
    The process for considering applications for medical staff membership and
privileges shall afford each applicant due process.
    All applications for medical staff membership shall be acted upon within
one hundred twenty (120) days from the date the required information is
submitted.
    The accordance and delineation of clinical privileges for podiatrists
shall be determined on an individual basis and commensurate with the
applicant's education, training, experience and demonstrated competence. In
implementing these procedures, each hospital shall formulate and apply
reasonable standards that do not discriminate in the evaluation of an
applicant's credentials.
    A member of the medical staff licensed pursuant to chapter 18, title 54,
Idaho Code, shall have responsibility for the overall medical care of the
patient while in the hospital. Arrangements for the services of a member of
the medical staff licensed pursuant to chapter 18, title 54, Idaho Code, for
the purposes of this section shall be the sole responsibility of the admitting
podiatrist and not that of the hospital or any other member of the medical
staff.