I.GENERAL 4 1.1 4 1.2 4 1.3 4 1.3(a) 4 Patients have the right to be informed that a participant in a qualified medical education program is involved in their care. It is the responsibility of the attending practitioner to so inform the patient who has the right to refuse without prejudice to his care. Such refusal shall be recorded in the patient's chart. 4 1.4 4 1.5 4 1.6 4 1.7 4 All members of the Medical Staff shall attend to emergencies within a timeframe appropriate to the particular emergency. Response times to emergencies specific to individual departments or services may be established by those departments or services with the approval of the Medical Executive Committee. (This does not apply to consultations called by the Emergency Department physician – see Consultations 3.2(e).) 4 II.ADMISSIONS / DISCHARGES 4 2.1 4 2.1(a) 4 2.2 5 2.2(a) 5 2.3 5 2.4 5 A patient may be discharged only on written order of the attending physician, oral and maxillofacial surgeon or podiatrist, except when the patient or the patient's representative signs a legal release and leaves the hospital at his own request but against advice 5 2.5 5 The transferring physician will give a verbal report to the accepting physician prior to patient transfer, allowing time for questions. The transferring physician shall complete a transfer-of-care document prior to transfer. 5 III.CONSULTATIONS 5 3.1 5
