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and that the terms of their employment, including annual salary, conform with the general policies approved for the full-time staff.

Status of Part-Time Clinical Faculty Members

Physicians with part-time appointments will be expected to participate in medical instruction and service of the Medical School according to pre-arranged agreement.

It is the hope of the Medical School that eventually funds will be secured from State appropriations which will permit the payment of an appropriate portion of the annual salary of all part-time staff members. As a temporary arrangement, the total annual Medical School salary of part-time faculty members may be paid from their earnings from clinical practice in the North Carolina Memorial Hospital. Their professional fees will be collected by the Manager of the Private Patient Service and a percentage deduction for overhead shall be made. Any net earnings in excess of annual salary will revert to the appropriate department.

The type of hospital practice as well as its extent will be agreed upon for each part-time staff member at the time of his appointment.

A. Radiology

Radiology shall function as a clinical department of the School of Medicine in a manner similar to other clinical departments. It shall be responsible for the teaching of radiology in all of its aspects to undergraduate and graduate medical students and for radiologic service to staff and private patients.

Fees for the professional services of members of the Radiology Department to private patients both for diagnosis and therapy will be collected and deposited in the appropriate departmental account or operational trust fund in line with the practice for other clinical departments. It is agreed that patients will be presented one bill for radiological service which will include, with appropriate indications, the charges for hospital and for professional services.

The following procedures are recommended: In keeping with a rate schedule in line with current radiological charges in this geographical area all private patients shall be rendered a bill within the general framework of the private patient service with the above principles in mind.

A. For the private outpatients the private patient service will act as the collecting agency for diagnostic services on the basis of predetermined charges for hospital costs and professional fees.

B. For private inpatients, the hospital will serve as the collecting agency for diagnostic services following the same procedure as outlined for outpatients .

C. For private in and outpatients, the private patient service will act as the collecting agent for radiation therapy and radioactive isotope services on the basis of predetermined charges for hospital costs and professional fees.

Expenditures allowable under the departmental funds will follow those already outlined for other clinical departments.

Where radiologic service is rendered by a Resident to patients whose professional radiologic charges are specified and paid for by Blue Shield or other third parties, the fees shall accrue to the Residents' Fund after the hospital charges have been paid in full.

B. Anesthesiology

Anesthesiology shall function as a clinical section in the Department of Surgery in a manner similar to the other surgical specialties. It shall be responsible for the teaching of anesthesiology in all its aspects to undergraduate and graduate medical students, and for anesthesia service to staff and private patients.