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When our ED is covered by physician assistants or nurse practitioners, do the physicians on-call need to be readily available by telephone or must they also be available to respond?

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When our ED is covered by physician assistants or nurse practitioners, do the physicians on-call need to be readily available by telephone or must they also be available to respond?

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If the ED is being covered by a mid-level practitioner there must be a physician who meets the training standards of the System on-call and available to the mid-level practitioner for phone consultation. There is no requirement that the physician be able to respond to the emergency department.

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