Ask the expert: How long should you maintain emergency call schedules?
February 4, 2009
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) rules state that the hospital must have a call roster naming specific physicians (not groups) for the specialties on call. The call roster must be posted conspicuously, at all times, in the emergency department and be maintained for five years.
Mary Hoppa, MD, MBA, CMSL
Senior Consultant
The Greeley Company