Resident Program Directors. Resident Program Directors shall be appointed by the corresponding Clinical Department Chair at the Hospital(s). Ochsner will have a representative on the search committee formed to make recommendations regarding candidates for each Program Director position, and the applicable Clinical Department Chair will select such Program Director from the slate of candidates unanimously recommended by the search committee. Such Resident Program Directors shall be employed by HSC-S and shall organize and oversee the activities of the Resident Programs at the Hospitals in compliance with the ACGME and CODA requirements, including monitoring appropriate HSC-S Faculty supervision, supervising and evaluating HSC-S Faculty in their responsibility for training Residents, and acting as a liaison with hospitals with regard to the HSC-S GME Programs. The Resident Program Directors will work collaboratively with OLH and the Hospitals with respect to the specific HSC-S GME Programs for the benefit of the Residents receiving training and completing Resident Rotations at the Hospitals and shall devote such amount of his/her normal work week in providing such administrative support services as reflected in Schedule 1(b) (the “Program Director Time Commitments”); provided, however, that the Parties agree that the Program Director Time Commitments reflected on Schedule 1(b) for the Program Directors shall be amended following Startup Period to be consistent with the minimum ACGME requirements for Program Directors or as otherwise agreed by the Parties in the Program Budget approved by OLHS-NL.
