Medical Society of South Carolina Meeting Minutes: 1956

              Special Meeting, Medical Society of South Carolina 8:00 P. M. Thursday, 
January 26, 1956 Medical Society Room, Roper Hospital

Called to Order A special meeting to consider the newly revised "Rules and 
Regulations  Governing The Attending Staff of Roper Hospital" was called to order by the President, 
Dr. Robert Wilson, at 8:05 P. M.

Members	The following members were present:
Present 48
	Anderson, Ball, Banov, Jr., Berry, Boone, Brooks, Brown,
	Buist, Cain, Cannon Coleman, deSaussure Evatt Hawk,
	T. G. Herbert, Hester, Kredel Linton, Lippincott,
	Lynch, Jr., D. L. Maguire, J. H. Marshall, J. B. Martin,
	Mayo, McInnes E. E. McKee, K. T. McKee, Miles, McK. P.
	Moore, M. S. Moore, Parker, Pettit, Duncan Pringle,
	Prioleau, B. O. Ravenel Rivers, Robertson, Siegling,
	B. S. Smith, Stallworth, Sughrue, Thomas J. M, Townsend
	van de Erve Waring, A. V. Williams, J. M. Wilson and
	Robert Wilson.
Dr. J. I. Waring, acting for the Chairman of the Rules Committee 
presented the new "Rules and Regulations Governing The Attending Staff of 
Roper Hospital."
Rules and Regulations Each Article of the rules were read separately and discussed. 
Certain changes in wording and definition were suggested by various 
members of the Society. The Society voted to recommit to the Rules Committee 
for consideration and review of the following sections of the document,
1) ARTICLE IV for clearer definition of the terms "Active 
Staff" and 	"Associate Staff" and of the duties and rights of members of these two
	divisions of the medical staff.
	2) ARTICLE V for decision as to whether the department of Radiology
	should be designated a part of the Surgical Department or Medical Department
	or whether the Radiology Departnent should be a separate Department
	independent of the Medical and Surgical departments.
	3) ARTICLE VI, Section 2, to include the infomation that the Tissue	Committee is appointed by the president of the Staff In accordance with the
	requirements set forth by the Joint Committee on Accreditation of Hospitals
	of the American Hospital Association, the American College of Surgeons and
	the American Medical Association.
	4) ARTICLE VII, Section 2. to require 75 per cent attendance at general
	staff meetings for members of the associate medical staff as well as the
	active medical staff.
	5) ARTICLE IX, paragraph entitled "Visitors", to be rewritten and the
	paragraph entitled "X-Ray Department" to have the phrase "employed by"
	changed 	to a more suitable phrase such as "in attendance at" or "appointed by".
Special Meeting
1/26/56