The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-09-02
THE NEW MADISON HOSPITAL

IHE NEW MADISON |
AT the regular meeting of the
board of directors of the New Mad
ison Hospital, September 1, 1919, it'll
was decided that the rules and regu-
lations of the medical and surgical
staff should be published in full.
They are as follows:
L. All members of the staff shall
be practicing physicians and surgeons
of the regular schools of medicine as
required by the American Medical
Association.
2. All members of the staff shall
be OF good moral character and of
good standing in the profession.
3. The standards of ethics and con-
duct shall be those of the American
College of Surgeons.
4. Conviction of any member of
any of the following offenses shall
be sufficient evidence for and shall
require his dismissal from the staff:
a. Performance of a criminal abor-
ton.
b.. Fee-splitting as defined by the
American College of Surgeons.
C. Drunkenness, drug addiction or
gross immortality.
5. Each member of the staff is di-
rectly responsible to the hospital for
all hospital bills of his patients.
These bills are payable weekly in adj
vance and in the event that a physi-
clan sends a patient to the hospital
who cannot or who does not pay
promptly in advance said physician
is required to Immediately advance
said fees to the hospital.
6. Each member of the staff shall
be expected to devote a reasonable
amount of time, gratis, to instructing
the pupil nurses of the training
school when requested to do so by
the management of the hospital.
Z. Each member of the staff shall
be expected to attend the regular
staff meetings and take an active part
in such meetings.
8. Each member of the staff shall
see to it that the proper case records
are kept, on the case record forms
supplied by the hospital, of each and
every patient admitted to the hospital
by said member.
8. No member of the staff shall
employ as consultant, assistant, nurse
or otherwise any person in the dag
nosis, management or treatment of
any of his patients in the hospital
without the knowledge and consent
of the managers of the hospital il
each and every case.
In regard to rule number 8, since
it has been misinterpreted even by
one of the profession, it seems ad.
visable to state the correct meaning
so that all may understand. Tht
fundamental reason for the hospital
as well as for the regulations thereof
is to render the best medical, surgica
and obstetrical service possible to thu
patients. In order to insure the pa
tient high class service it is ~necessar!
for the management to have thu
power to exclude quacks and incom
petents. On the other hand, unde
the provisions of this rule, any con
sultant, assistant or nurse selected b.
the patient or the staff physician VIII
is treating the patient must be com
petent and reputable. Therefore, il
brief, rule number nine means tina
the patient or the patients stat
physician may have any reputabl'
consultant, assistant or nurse the,
l desire.
The above rules and regulation
have been accepted by the following
physicians who are members of tn,
staff of the New Madison Hospital
DR.. b. S. Allison,
:, DIR. ID. s. Baughman,
:. DR.. HI. III. Frudenfeld,
DR.. e. w. Goldman,
DR.. G.. III. r. Hovde,
DIR. l.. e. Jordan,
DR.. r.. s.. Westaby.
:. BY order of the board of directors
r. s. WESTABY,
President