Departments

(a) Division of staff into services or departments to fulfill medical staff responsibilities promotes efficiency and is recommended in general hospitals with seventy-five (75) or more beds. Each autonomous service or department shall be organized and function as a unit. (b) Medical staff members of each service or department shall be qualified by training and demonstrated competence and be granted privileges based on their individual training and competence. (c) In those hospitals where the review and evaluation of clinical practice are done by committees of the medical staff or by monthly meetings of the entire staff, departmental meetings shall be optional. In those hospitals where the clinical review is done by the departments, each service or department shall meet at least once a month. Records of these meetings shall be kept and shall become part of the records of the medical staff.