When signing over your practice to a covering physician, it is wise to:
A.
Choose a physician who has comparable or equivalent training and experience.
B.
Notify patients well in advance if you will be out for any prolonged absence.
C.
Telephone the covering physician with details about special pending cases or difficult patients he or she may encounter.
D.
All of the above.
Once you have turned over care of your patients to another physician, you need not worry about their care until your return.
True
False
If you are covering for another physician, you may be responsible for fulfilling which of the following:
Taking telephone calls from the hospital.
Making hospital visits and rounds.
Prescribing medications for the primary physician’s patients.
Which of the following is NOT recommended:
Inform the covering physician about special pending cases or difficult patients.
Allow covering physicians to refill prescriptions in whatever amounts they deem necessary.
Discuss and work out any differences you may have on how to treat common ailments.
Agree on which specialists and consultants to use in your absence, if needed.
Physicians have a legal obligation to serve on-call in an emergency.
Once a physician agrees to be on-call for emergencies, he or she must be available at all times.
What obligations do physicians have when they agree to serve on-call for an emergency department?
They must comply with emergency transfer laws.
They must at least have a telephone consult with a patient and conduct a face-to-face exam if medically necessary.
They must respond to all calls, regardless of the type of patient.
On-call physicians who provide emergency care to a patient are obligated to continue to treat the patient after the emergency has passed.
Emergency on-call physicians are required to respond within a "reasonable period of time." Under federal law, what is the legal definition of "reasonable"?
15 minutes
30 minutes
45 minutes
None of the above.
Physicians who are on-call for a hospital may opt to see emergency patients in their practice’s office rather than in the emergency room.
