2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order
Chapter 11 - Virgin Islands Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners
§ 1097. No effect on credentialing and privileging
Universal Citation: V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1097 (2019)
(a) In this section:
(1) “Credentialing” means obtaining, verifying, and assessing the qualifications of a health practitioner to provide treatment, care, or services in or for a health facility.
(2) “Privileging” means the authorizing by an appropriate authority, such as a governing body, of a health practitioner to provide specific treatment, care, or services at a health facility subject to limits based on factors that include license, education, training, experience, competence, health status, and specialized skill.
(b) This chapter does not affect credentialing or privileging standards of a health facility and does not preclude a health facility from waiving or modifying those standards while an emergency declaration is in effect.
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