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NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
TITLE: MOONLIGHTING
POLICY:
Moonlighting is defined as professional and patient care activities that are external to the educational program. Moonlighting activities whether occurring within or outside NYPH, may be inconsistent with requirements for sufficient time for rest and restoration to promote the educational experience and safe patient care.
House staff members (residents/fellows) are never required to engage in moonlighting.
Individual program directors may decide if moonlighting is permitted in their programs. At all times, program directors must monitor any house staff members engaging in any form of moonlighting to ensure that their performance is not adversely affected. A program director may withdraw permission for house staff moonlighting at any time.
A house staff member must submit an official request for moonlighting form (supplied by the GME Office) to the program director. This request, if approved, must be submitted to the GME Office for final approval and will be maintained in the house staff member’s credential file. House staff members are advised that the professional liability coverage extended through their program may apply to moonlighting within NYPH, but NOT to moonlighting outside the institution.
A house staff member must have a full and unrestricted New York State medical license to moonlight.
Moonlighting activities are to be counted as part of each house staff physician’s work hours, which will not exceed the eighty-hour work limit. The house staff physician must give an accurate accounting of the moonlighting hours to the program director; the program director is responsible for monitoring all work hours. This policy applies to ACGME accredited programs.
Approved by GMEC: September 2008
Approved by The Medical Board: May 2010
The following must be submitted to the Office of Graduate Medical Education prior to the start date of the activity. A copy of the resident’s license MUST accompany the request.
Resident/Fellow Request for Moonlighting Form
