PS02 2018: Credentialling and Scope of Practice

List:

· Credentialling process

· Documents to be produced

· Information required of applicants

· Developed prospectively

· Hospital-specific

· Explicit inclusions and exclusions

· Transparent

· Limited duration, requiring re-assessment

· Applicant allowed to comment prior to the decision

· If recredentialling: evaluation by peers

· Information required of applicants

· Information provided to applicants

· Process for credentialing

· Process for re-credentialling

· Process for temporary or emergency credentialling

· Process for suspension

· Process for appeals

· Policy on indemnity insurance requirements

· Professional history: registration, employment, education, teaching, research

· Existing limitations on practice

· Mental and physical health including substance use

· Police check, Working With Children Check

· References