Regulation .02 Medical Staff.
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The hospital shall have:
A.
The following physician coverage:
(1)
An ophthalmology fellow or ophthalmology resident in house 24 hours a day, to be at the bedside within 30 minutes for emergent consultation requests, with a board-certified or board-eligible ophthalmologist on call and available to be at the bedside within 60 minutes for emergent consultation requests; and
(2)
A board-certified or board-eligible emergency medicine physician in house 24 hours a day for eye trauma triage, with a board-certified or board-eligible attending ophthalmologist on call and available be at the bedside within 60 minutes for emergent consultation; and
B.
Ophthalmic subspecialty coverage on call and available 24 hours a day for vitreoretinal, oculoplastics, and anterior segment surgery.