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occupational therapy, physical therapy, laundry, medical records, radiological, social work, respiratory, and laboratory services. (Eff. 11/19/83, Register 88; am 5/4/97, Register 142; am 9/1/2000, Register 155; am 6/23/2006, Register 178) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.32.010 AS 47.32.030 7 AAC 12.110. Medical staff. (a) A general acute care hospital, a rural primary care hospital, a long-term acute care hospital, or a critical access hospital shall have a medical staff. (b) The medical staff shall organize and adopt, with the approval of the facility’s governing body, bylaws and rules that provide for

(1) eligibility for medical staff membership, and recommending appointments to the governing body;

(2) appointment of committees, including executive, credentials, medical records, tissue and transfusion, infection control, pharmacy and therapeutics, and utilization review committees, that shall keep written minutes of each committee meeting, including committee activities and recommendations;

(3) election of officers, including a chief of staff; and

(4) quarterly meetings, with minutes and records of attendance to be maintained for at least five years. (c) The medical staff shall

(1) recommend to the governing body the appointment of and the medical and surgical privileges for each member of the medical staff annually, or if approved by the governing body, biennially;

(2) ensure that

(A) a physician is available at all times to respond to an emergency in a general acute care hospital or a rural primary care hospital; and

(B) a physician or a mid-level practitioner with training or experience in