File Materials. Section 1: Each housestaff officer shall have access, upon his/her request, to his/her hospital and departmental files, including the right to copy any documents therein, excluding only recommendations received in connection with the hiring of the housestaff officer written on the express condition of confidentiality. Upon the housestaff officer’s request, access to the file(s) and copies shall also be given to the union. Section 2: Housestaff officers shall have the right to place in their files a response to any evaluatory or adverse statement in their file. A. Housestaff officers will be given copies of records of counseling sessions, evaluations, warning or disciplinary letters, adverse reports, and similar documents in a timely fashion. B. A housestaff officer shall be required to sign and date a form or statement to acknowledge only that he/she was shown or given a copy, but such signature does not necessarily mean agreement or acceptance of any of its contents. If the housestaff officer declines to sign such document, the offer and its date shall be noted and witnessed. C. Documents listed in 3(A) above (i) not shown, signed, and dated by the housestaff officer as above, or (ii) not offered to the housestaff officer and so noted and witnessed when offered, will not be considered in any disciplinary hearing.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement