Medical staff bylaws and related documents, Part 6: Categories of the medical staff

Most medical staff bylaws contain a provision concerning the categories into which the medical staff will be divided. In fact, many medical staffs have created an unnecessarily complex array of categories. Many of these categories were created 20–30 years ago as medical staffs tried to accommodate new and, at that time, unique physician situations. However, as time went on, these accommodations were never updated to reflect current realities, thus leaving many staffs with a patchwork of overlapping and often contradictory staff categories.   

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