Mercy Hospital Medical Staff Bylaws - Mercy Health

4. CATEGORIES OF MEMBERSHIPThere are four categories of Medical Staff Membership. They are Associate, Active,Associate, Courtesy, Consulting, Contributing, Affiliate and Honorary and Emeritus. Allinitial appointments shall be to the Associate or Affiliate Staff. The qualifications andresponsibilities listed below are in addition to the general qualifications and responsibilitieslisted in the preceding Article.4.1. ASSOCIATE STAFF4.1.1 Qualifications All initial appointments shall be madeto the Associate Staff. which The associate staff shallconsist of physicians, dentists, podiatrists, psychologists, and chiropractors.In order to advance to the Active Staff after completion of two years in thiscategory, Members must be clinically active with a minimum of 24 patientencounters in the Mercy facility in which advancement is sought, within thefirst two-years or be active in Medical Staff affairs.(a) will advance to active staff membership and will, in the ordinarycourse of events, and unless he requests otherwise, be advanced to activestaff status, if he meets the qualifications and after serving two years on theassociate staff;(b) Meets the qualifications specified in Section 4.2-1 for members ofthe active staff;Provided, that chiropractors need not possess clinical privileges in theHospital in order to be members of the associate staff4.1.1 Prerogatives Rights: An Associate Staff member is not required to holdclinical privileges. Associate members who have clinical privileges mayregularly admit patients without limitation within the scope of grantedclinical privileges. Associate Members may attend Medical Staffmeetings but may not vote, hold office or be a Department/CommitteeChair. may hold Level 0 privileges with no admitting privileges. Theprerogatives rights of an Associate staff member shall be to:(a) Admit patients to the Hospital under the same conditions asspecified in Section 4.2-2(a) for active staff members;(b) Exercise such clinical privileges as are granted to him pursuant toArticle VII;(c) Vote on all matters presented at meetings of the department andcommittees of which he is a member.Associate staff members shall not be eligible to hold office in this MedicalStaff organization, or vote at general and special meetings of the Staff4.1.2 Responsibilities- 19 -