Rule 3701-22-35 | Personnel/staffing - bone marrow transplantation service.
(A) A medical director responsible for the oversight of the care provided on the unit who actively performs blood and bone marrow transplant services as part of that transplant service and who is:
(1) Board-certified in hematology, oncology, immunology, or pediatric hematology/oncology or have documented experience in the field of hematopoietic progenitor cell (HPC) transplantation extending over ten years;
(a) In lieu of board certification: A physician who is board-certified by a foreign board and is eligible to take the examination of an American board of medical specialties recognized board or an American osteopathic association board may serve as medical director of an HCS; or
(b) In accordance with rule 3701-22-19 of the Administrative Code, an HCS may request a waiver from the department of health for physicians who are board-certified by a foreign board who are not eligible to take the examination of an American board of medical specialties recognized board or an American osteopathic association board.
(2) An active physician on staff at the hospital providing the blood or bone marrow transplant who is involved in direct patient care; and
(3) Has a minimum of one year in clinical blood and bone marrow transplantation training at a transplant center in the United States formally recognized as a blood and bone marrow transplant center by at least one of the following:
(a) A national cooperative chemotherapy group;
(b) The national bone marrow donor program; or
(c) A national institute of health-supported blood and bone marrow transplant research program.
(B) At a minimum, one other primary transplantation physician actively participating in the service.
(C) A nursing team that, in order to ensure adequate continuity of care, is committed to the transplant service on a full-time basis and has the training and skills to commensurate with the required tasks performed.
(D) The care of blood and bone marrow transplant patients will be coordinated by a multidisciplinary team whose members have training and skills to commensurate with the required tasks performed.
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