Common use of Notice to Hospital Personnel and Physicians Clause in Contracts

Notice to Hospital Personnel and Physicians. The Hospital will publish, in an appropriate form, a written policy statement regarding the Hospital’s policy for effective communication with persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. The policy statement should include, but is not limited to, language to the following effect: If you recognize or have any reason to believe that a patient, relative, or a close friend or companion of a patient is deaf or hard of hearing, you must advise the person that appropriate auxiliary aids and services such as sign language and oral interpreters, TTY’s, note takers, written materials, telephone handset amplifiers, assistive listening devices and systems, telephones compatible with hearing aids, closed caption decoders, and open and closed captioning of most Hospital programs will be provided free of charge. If you are the responsible health care provider, you must ensure that such aids and services are provided when appropriate. All other personnel should direct that person to the [responsible] Administrator, located at _____, and available at telephone extension ______. This offer and advice must likewise be made in response to any overt request for appropriate auxiliary aids or services. The Hospital will distribute this document within sixty (60) days of the effective date of this Agreement to all Hospital Personnel and affiliated physicians (physicians with practicing or admitting privileges), to all new Hospital Personnel and newly affiliated physicians upon their affiliation or employment with the Hospital, and to all Hospital Personnel on an annual basis.

Notice to Hospital Personnel and Physicians. The Hospital will shall publish, in an appropriate form, a written policy statement regarding the Hospital’s policy for effective communication with Patients or Companions for use by persons who are deaf or hard of hearingworking at the Hospital. The This policy statement should shall include, but is not limited to, language to the following effect: If you recognize or have any reason to believe that a patient, relative, or a close friend or companion of a patient is deaf or hard of hard-of-hearing, you must advise the person that appropriate auxiliary aids and services services, such as sign language and oral interpreters, TTY’s, note takerstakes, written materials, telephone handset amplifiers, assistive listening devices and systems, telephones compatible with hearing aids, and a television with captioning or closed caption decoders, and open and closed captioning of most Hospital programs will be provided free of chargecharge if such aids or services are necessary to ensure effective communication. If you are the responsible health care provider, you must ensure that such aids and services are provided when appropriate. All other personnel should direct that person to the [responsible] Administrator, located appropriate Program Administrator at _____, _______ and available reachable at telephone extension ______________. This offer and advice must likewise be made in response to any overt request for appropriate auxiliary aids or services. The Hospital will distribute this document within sixty (60) days of the effective date Effective Date of this Settlement Agreement to all Hospital Personnel and both employed and affiliated physicians (physicians with practicing or admitting privileges), and to all new Hospital Personnel and (including newly employed or affiliated physicians physicians) upon their affiliation or employment with the Hospital. In addition, and this statement will also be distributed to all Hospital Personnel (including all employed and affiliated physicians) on an annual basis.. TRAINING

Notice to Hospital Personnel and Physicians. The Hospital will publish, in an appropriate form, Hospitals shall publish on their intranet a written policy statement regarding the Hospital’s Hospitals’ policy for effective communication with persons who are deaf or hard of hard-of-hearing. The This policy statement should shall include, but is not limited to, language to the following effect: If you recognize or have any reason to believe that a patient, Patient or a relative, close friend, or a close friend or companion Companion of a patient Patient is deaf or hard of hard-of-hearing, you must advise the person that appropriate auxiliary aids and services services, such as sign language and oral interpreters, TTY’svideo remote interpreting services, TTYs, note takers, written materials, telephone handset amplifiers, assistive listening devices and systems, telephones compatible with hearing aids, televisions with captioning or closed caption decoders, and open and closed captioning of most Hospital programs hospital programs, will be provided free of chargecharge when appropriate. If you are the responsible health care provider, you must ensure that such aids and services are provided when appropriate. All other personnel should direct that person to the [responsible] Administrator, located appropriate ADA Administrator at _____, ________ and available reachable at telephone extension ________________. This offer and advice must likewise be made in response to any overt request for appropriate auxiliary aids or services. The Hospital Hospitals will distribute post this document policy on the intranet within sixty thirty (6030) days of the effective date Effective Date of this Agreement to all Hospital Personnel and both employed and affiliated physicians (physicians with practicing or admitting privileges), and to all new Hospital Personnel and newly employed or affiliated physicians upon their affiliation or employment with the Hospital, and to all Hospital Personnel on an annual basisHospitals.