title: Hospital privileges for nonphysicians raise hard legal questions.
abstract: With the trend toward nonphysician health professionals has come the pressure to grant these specialists hospital clinical privileges and, in some cases, medical staff membership. The varying degrees of education, training, and licensure that exist bring about a number of questions concerning the hospital's potential liability, the choice of disciplines to receive clinical privileges, and the establishment of review criteria.
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008504:Medical Staff Privileges / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States