Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

The Attending Medical Staff shall consist of faculty members of the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine or the School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, who admit, treat, or otherwise provide services to patients in the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Medical Center licensed clinic, or some other affiliated healthcare facility where credentialing and performance improvement/patient safety data are readily accessible for evaluation of clinical competence.   

The Associate Attending Medical Staff shall consist of practitioners who meet all of the qualifications for the Attending staff, but have not attained American Board certification in their primary specialty, or its equivalent.

The Courtesy Medical Staff shall consist of practitioners who do not have faculty appointments at UCLA, but admit, treat, or otherwise provide services to patients in the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and/or Medical Center licensed clinic, and otherwise meet all Medical Staff Bylaw requirements unrelated to faculty responsibilities. Members of the Courtesy Staff must have attained American Board specialty certification or its equivalent upon application. Members of the Courtesy Staff must be Active, not provisional, Staff members in good standing at another accredited healthcare facility that will provide credentialing and performance improvement/patient safety data necessary for documentation of current clinical competence.

The UCLA Community Practice Physician category shall consist of licensed physicians who hold faculty appointments in the David Geffen School of Medicine, are employed by UCLA, are members of the UCLA Medical Group, and who do not have medical staff privileges at any of the three UCLA-owned hospitals.

The Consultant Medical Staff shall be limited to practitioners who serve only as consultants in their specialty field, and for whom there is a programmatic need within their Clinical Service. Members of the Consultant Staff must be Active Staff members in good standing at another accredited healthcare facility that will provide credentialing and performance improvement/patient safety data necessary for documentation of current clinical competence.

The Teaching Only Medical Staff shall consist of those UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine faculty members who volunteer their clinical skills only for teaching in Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center or Medical Center licensed clinic, and are not remunerated for patient care or professional activities at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. 

Administrative Staff membership shall be open to any physician, dentist or podiatrist who is clinically inactive within the Medical Center, but is retained by the Clinical Service to perform ongoing administrative activities related to performance improvement and patient safety.

UCLA Health Santa Monica Medical Center

The Active Staff shall consist exclusively of Medical Staff members who regularly care for patients in the Medical Center, as determined by the Medical Staff through service specific criteria.

The Consultant Staff shall be limited to practitioners who serve only as consultants in their service, and for whom there is a programmatic need within their Clinical Service determined by the Service Chief. Members of the Consultant Staff must be Active members in good standing at another California-licensed hospital that will provide credentialing and quality assurance data necessary for documentation of current clinical competence. Consultant Staff may perform procedures appropriate to their approved clinical privileges, consult on patients, and write progress notes and write orders.

The Courtesy Staff shall consist of Medical Staff members who have satisfactorily completed Provisional Staff requirements and who do not regularly care for patients in the Medical Center or are not regularly involved in Medical Staff functions as determined by the Medical Staff through service-specific rules and regulations. The Courtesy Staff member may be granted clinical privileges based upon documentation of training and experience. Appointment shall be based upon standards to evaluate current clinical competence as determined by the member’s service, and may include a review of office records. Courtesy Staff members shall be members in good standing of the Active medical staff of another California-licensed hospital.

Administrative Staff membership shall be open to any physician, dentist or podiatrist who is clinically inactive within the Medical Center, but is retained by the Service or Medical Center to perform ongoing administrative activities related to performance improvement and patient safety.

The Emeritus Staff shall consist of former Medical Staff members who are retired from medical practice and who are honored for their past service by this appointment. These are members who have had ten (10) years or more of service on the Active Staff and have outstanding academic or professional reputations with a record of exemplary service to the Medical Center.

To be considered for the Emeritus Staff, a retired member must be nominated, in writing, by a current member of the Active Staff. Additional support by other members of the Active Staff is encouraged. As this staff category is honorific with no patient care privileges, the nomination will be forwarded directly to the MSEC for consideration for appointment.

Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital

Faculty members UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine who regularly admit, treat, or otherwise provide services to six (6) or more patients per year in the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, licensed clinics, or some other affiliated healthcare facility where credentialing and performance improvement/patient safety data are readily accessible for evaluation of clinical competence.

Faculty members of the UCLA Psychology Department who are regularly involved in the care of six (6) or more patients per year in the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, licensed clinics, or some other affiliated healthcare facility where credentialing and performance improvement/patient safety data are readily accessible for evaluation of clinical competence.

Practitioners who are willing and able to come to the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital on schedule or promptly respond when called to render clinical services within their area of competence. The Consultant Staff are members in good standing of the Associate and Attending Medical Staff category of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center that will provide credentialing and performance improvement/patient safety data necessary for documentation of current clinical competence.

Practitioners who may not have faculty appointments at UCLA, but may admit (MDs only), treat, or otherwise provide services to less than six (6) patients per year in the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, licensed clinics, or some other affiliated healthcare facility where credentialing and performance improvement/patient safety data are readily accessible for evaluation of clinical competence. Members of the Courtesy Staff must be Active, not provisional, Staff members in good standing at another accredited healthcare facility.

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA Department of Psychology faculty members who volunteer their clinical skills only for teaching in the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital or Hospital licensed clinic, and are not remunerated for patient care or professional activities at Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital. Teaching Only members may treat hospital and clinic patients only when incident to performing clinical teaching responsibilities. The Professional Staff appointment in this category ceases when the faculty appointment is terminated.

Administrative Staff membership shall be open to any physician or clinical psychologist who is clinically inactive within the Hospital, but is retained by the Clinical Service to perform ongoing administrative activities related to performance improvement and patient safety. Administrative Staff shall be considered for appointment only upon recommendation of the Service Chief.