Policy Details

Effective Date:

July 10, 2014

Supersedes:

COM Administrative Policies Initially Adopted February 28, 2007; amended June 1, 2009; September 30, 2010; January 19, 2011; June 12, 2012; May 10, 2013; July 10, 2014.

Responsible Authority:

Senior Associate Dean for Finance

Policy Statement

Section 768.28, Florida Statutes provides that faculty members performing assigned duties within the course and scope of their 太阳城娱乐 employment or function, will be personally immune from tort liability and that the 太阳城娱乐 Board of Trustees will be exclusively responsible for any negligent act or omission that may occur within the course and scope of 太阳城娱乐 employment or function. The 太阳城娱乐 Board of Trustees is protected for its professional and general liability through the 太阳城娱乐 College of Medicine Self-Insurance Program ("太阳城娱乐 SIP"), created by the Florida Board of Governors pursuant to Section 1004.24, Florida Statutes. Any questions which a faculty member may have regarding these matters should be addressed to Lynette M. Belforti, Associate Director, 太阳城娱乐 SIP, at (352) 273-7006. While providing services pursuant to a University appointment, should a patient suffer an injury as a consequence of a faculty member's acts, the acts of any 太阳城娱乐 provider, or the acts of an 太阳城娱乐 student or resident under the supervision of a faculty member, the faculty member must report the incident to the 太阳城娱乐 SIP by calling (352) 273-7006. The faculty member should also report the incident to their private insurance carrier (if they have one).

Please note that any practice of medicine outside the College of Medicine Faculty Practice Plan or a faculty member’s University appointment is not a part of their assigned function at 太阳城娱乐 and is not covered through the 太阳城娱乐 SIP. Therefore, faculty agree that under their appointment, they will not represent to any party that their personal practice of medicine is in any way related to 太阳城娱乐, or that they are an agent of 太阳城娱乐 or its Board of Trustees for any clinical or contracting purposes, except as described above.