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Keith Clouse is a Dallas-based employment law attorney who frequently negotiates employment contracts for physicians. Mr. Clouse notes that one, often-overlooked, provision can dramatically impact a doctor’s personal life—a provision setting out the doctor’s call obligations. If a doctor’s call obligations turn out to be greater than anticipated, the doctor may end up feeling trapped at work.
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Physicians’ call?obligations vary widely. A standard physician employment contract may simply state that the doctor will be assigned to be on-call “as the practice group dictates.” Such vague language likely needs to be clarified. A doctor may ask for an amendment setting out the doctor’s?actual obligations. Or, a doctor could request that the provision state that the doctor’s?obligations shall be equal to the?obligations of the other doctors in the group and on a mutually agreeable schedule. Certainly, if a practice group made promises or representations regarding the doctor’s on-call?schedule during the interview process, the contract should reflect those; a doctor cannot rely on oral promises that contradict the written agreement.
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For more information regarding physician employment agreements, contact Mr. Clouse and his team of Dallas employment law attorneys at Clouse Dunn LLP via email at debra@clousedunn.com or telephone at (214) 239-2705.
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KEITH A. CLOUSE
Clouse Dunn LLP
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