See also:
Privileges
Privilege Assignment in Departmentalized Hospitals
Privileges, Documentation of Training and Experience
Hospital Medical Staff and Other Health Care Organizations, Board Recertification
Hospital Medical Staff, Economic Credentialing
Hospital Medical Staff, Liason Between Governing Boards and
Privilege Support Protocol
Certification/Maintenance of Certification, Definitions
Hospital Medical Staff, Board Certification for Membership
The American Academy of Family Physicians believes that medical staff membership and hospital privileges should be granted on the basis of the individual physician's documented training and/or experience, demonstrated abilities and current competence.
The AAFP is opposed to the use of specialty board certification as the sole or an exclusionary criterion in determining medical staff membership. (1990) (2009 CoD)
The AAFP is opposed to the use of specialty board certification as the sole or an exclusionary criterion in determining medical staff membership. (1990) (2009 CoD)