Mercy Hospital Medical Staff Bylaws - Mercy Health

has determined that additional medical personnel are needed in order to address theemergency. Refer to Credentialing Manual (Section 2.3).9 CLINICAL DEPARTMENTS9.1 Organization of DepartmentsEach department shall be organized as a separate part of the MedicalStaff, and shall have a director who is selected, and has the authority,duties, and responsibilities as specified in Article XI. Departments mayalso be subdivided into Divisions and Sections. Such organization of adepartment shall be defined in the Department Rules and Regulations andshall be approved by the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff.9.1.1 The Medical Staff is organized into clinical Departments, each with aChair person. The Departments of the Medical Staff are Medicine andSurgery. 1Current Departments: The current departments are: Clinical Laboratory,Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, Internal Medicine, RadiationMedicine, Radiology, and Surgery.Future Departments: When deemed appropriate, the ExecutiveCommittee of the Medical Staff and the Board, by their joint action, maycreate a new, eliminate, subdivide, further subdivide, or combinedepartments.9.1.2 During the appointment or reappointment process, each Member orPractitioner is may be assigned to one Department. Practitioners mayhold Clinical Privileges in more than one Department but may only votein their assigned Department and are subject to the any rules andregulations of the Department to which they are assigned and of thoseDepartments in which they hold Clinical Privileges.9.1.3 Each Department may organize or operate specialty sections to assist incarrying out the purposes of the Department, advancing education orimproving patient care.9.1.4.1 Each Department Chairperson may, with MEC approval,establish or eliminate such divisions and sections within his or herdepartment and designate the membership of each as he or shedeems appropriate, based on Clinical Privileges 2 . Each Department1Anderson: add Obstetrics/Gynecology; Clermont: add Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry; Fairflield: addEmergency Medicine and Obstetrics/Gynecology; Jewish: add Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, InternalMedicine, Laboratory Services, Radiology, Radiation Medicine and Surgery.2Anderson: Divisions and Sections are established, and members of the division/section chosen, by theChief of Staff, subject to MEC approval.- 37 -