Physician Staffing

A SEF shall be staffed at all times with at least one physician. All physicians working at the SEF shall be board certified or board eligible in emergency medicine as recognized by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) or the American Board of Osteopathic Emergency Medicine (ABOEM). All physician staff of a SEF shall also provide traditional clinical emergency services at a full service hospital-based emergency department for at least 25% of their total working hours per year.