Common use of Availability and Scheduling Clause in Contracts

Availability and Scheduling. (a) Group shall cause Group Practitioners to provide Coverage Services on a fair and equitable basis along with other Panel Members in accordance with the schedule developed by Hospital in consultation with the Panel Members from time to time to ensure coverage for the Department twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week, including all holidays, in accordance with the schedule developed by Hospital in consultation with the Panel Members from time to time. (b) No fewer than ten (10) days prior to the beginning of each calendar month during the term of this Agreement, Group shall inform Hospital of Group’s availability to provide the Coverage Services during such month. Group shall use Group’s best efforts to adjust Group’s schedule of availability if reasonably requested by Hospital in order to meet the needs of the Department and in-hospital patients for Coverage Services. (c) If any Group Practitioner is unable or reasonably expected to be unable to provide the Coverage Services for any reason for a period of greater than thirty (30) consecutive days or sixty (60) days in the aggregate over any three (3) month period, Group shall make arrangements with another Group Practitioner or Panel Member experienced in the Specialty to provide Coverage Services on behalf of Group Practitioner, and shall inform Hospital of such arrangements, as soon as reasonably practicable. (d) Group Practitioner shall not be simultaneously on-call to any other hospital or health care facility while scheduled to provide Coverage Services for the Department, except as otherwise approved in writing by Hospital. (e) Group Practitioner shall not schedule or perform elective surgery, whether at Hospital or any other hospital or health care facility, while scheduled to provide Coverage Services for the Department, that would prevent the Physician from being physically present at Hospital within thirty (30) minutes of a request by the Department, except as otherwise approved in writing by Hospital.

Availability and Scheduling. (a) Group Practitioner shall cause Group Practitioners to provide Coverage Services on a fair and equitable basis along with other Panel Members in accordance with the schedule developed by Hospital in consultation with the Panel Members from time to time to ensure coverage for the Department twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week, including all holidays, in accordance with the schedule developed by Hospital in consultation with the Panel Members from time to time. (b) No fewer than ten (10) days prior to the beginning of each calendar month during the term of this Agreement, Group Practitioner shall inform Hospital of GroupPractitioner’s availability to provide the Coverage Services during such month. Group Practitioner shall use GroupPractitioner’s best efforts to adjust GroupPractitioner’s schedule of availability if reasonably requested by Hospital in order to meet the needs of the Department and in-hospital patients for Coverage Services. (c) If any Group Practitioner is unable or reasonably expected to be unable to provide the Coverage Services for any reason for a period of greater than thirty (30) consecutive days or sixty (60) days in the aggregate over any three (3) month period, Group Practitioner shall make arrangements with another Group Practitioner or Panel Member experienced in the Specialty to provide Coverage Services on behalf of Group Practitioner, and shall inform Hospital of such arrangements, as soon as reasonably practicable. (d) Group Practitioner shall not be simultaneously on-call to any other hospital or health care facility while scheduled to provide Coverage Services for the Department, except as otherwise approved in writing by Hospital. (e) Group Practitioner shall not schedule or perform elective surgery, whether at Hospital or any other hospital or health care facility, while scheduled to provide Coverage Services for the Department, that would prevent the Physician from being physically present at Hospital within thirty (30) minutes of a request by the Department, except as otherwise approved in writing by Hospital.