Branching Slides: Greg Rider

1. Branching Slides: Greg Rider

2. Federal, State, and Local Laws and Regulations and Medical Center Policies • Familiarize yourself with laws, regulations, and Medical Center policies • Familiarize yourself with and avoid the actions that constitute professional misconduct • Be sure to maintain any credentials or licenses required by your position • Inform the Medical Center if you become excluded from participating in federal or state programs

3. What Constitutes Professional Misconduct for a Physician, Physician’s Assistant, or Specialist’s Assistant? Examples include, but are not limited to the following: • Obtaining a license fraudulently • Being a habitual abuser of alcohol, or being dependent on or a habitual user of narcotics, barbiturates, amphetamines, hallucinogens, or other drugs having similar effects • Willingly making or filing a false report, or failing to file a report required by law or by the New York State Department of Health or New York State Education Dept., as well as willingly impeding or obstructing such filing or inducing another person to do so • Failing to make available to a patient, upon request, copies of documents that have been prepared for and paid for by the client • Revealing personally identifiable facts, data, or information obtained in a professional capacity without the prior consent of the patient, except as required by law • Delegating professional responsibilities to a person who is not qualified by training, experience, or licensure to perform them • Abandoning or neglecting a patient under, and in need of, immediate professional care without making reasonable arrangements for the continuation of such care • Willfully harassing, abusing, or intimidating a patient physically or verbally • Failing to maintain a record for each patient that accurately reflects his or her evaluation and treatment

4. Exclusion