Determine practitioner's past experience with privileges

If you receive an application from a practitioner requesting privileges that he or she did not hold at his or her previous hospital, don’t deny the request based on that fact alone. Instead, ask the practitioner questions such as the following:

• Did your last organization have the resources to grant those privileges?
• Did you ever hold those privileges? If so, when was the last time you exercised them?
• Can you describe the training you’ve received to practice those privileges?
• Are you willing to undergo competency assessments and additional training if necessary before receiving those privileges?

Source: News and Analysis