HOUSE BILL 798

File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation

Sponsored By:

Delegate Owings

Entitled:

Hospitals - Credentialling Process - Health Care Practitioners and Physicians

Synopsis:

Requiring each hospital, as a condition of licensure, to establish a credentialling process for health care practitioners and physicians who are employed by or have staff privileges at the hospital; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish specified minimum standards for the process; establishing standards by which each hospital shall grant clinical privileges; and prohibiting specified factors from being considered in the determination of qualifications for staff membership or clinical privileges.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

2/11

First Reading Environmental Matters

3/1

Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.

Senate Action

No Action

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

DISCRIMINATION -see also- SEX DISCRIMINATION

HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF

HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also specific health occupations-

HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS

LICENSES -see also- ALCOHOLIC BEV LIC; DRIVERS' LICENSES

PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc

Bill affects the following Statute:

Health - General

( 19-319 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None offered