CPCS Disaster and Emergency Privileging

Question 1

During activation of a hospital's emergency management plan, who is authorized to grant disaster privileges to volunteer practitioners?

Accepted Answer

The CEO or designee

Answer

Under Joint Commission Standard MS.13.01.01, the CEO or designee is authorized to grant disaster privileges when the hospital's emergency management plan has been activated.

Question 2

Which Joint Commission standard specifically governs the granting of disaster privileges to volunteer licensed independent practitioners?

Accepted Answer

MS.13.01.01

Answer

Joint Commission Standard MS.13.01.01 directly addresses the process for granting disaster privileges when the normal primary source verification process cannot be performed.

Question 3

What is the minimum documentation required to grant disaster privileges to a volunteer practitioner when normal credentialing processes cannot be followed?

Accepted Answer

A government-issued photo ID plus evidence of current licensure

Answer

Joint Commission requires at minimum a government-issued photo ID (driver's license or passport) combined with evidence of current licensure such as a current hospital ID badge, license copy, or primary source verification from another accredited hospital.

Question 4

What is 'credentialing by proxy' in the context of disaster privileging?

Accepted Answer

Relying on another accredited hospital's primary source verification to support a privileging decision

Answer

Credentialing by proxy allows a receiving hospital to rely on the primary source verification already performed by another accredited hospital when making a disaster privileging decision.

Question 5

After a disaster declaration ends, what must the hospital do regarding practitioners who received disaster privileges?

Accepted Answer

Complete primary source verification or terminate those privileges

Answer

Once the emergency ends, the hospital must complete full primary source verification for any practitioner whose privileges it wishes to continue, or those privileges must be terminated.

CPCS - Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist Practice Test

CPCS - Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist Practice Test

CPCS Disaster and Emergency Privileging