Self-Insurance Program Policy
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 FAU employment or function, will be personally immune from tort liability and that the FAU Board of Trustees will be exclusively responsible for any negligent act or omission that may occur within the course and scope of FAU employment or function. The FAU Board of Trustees is protected for its professional and general liability through the FAU College of Medicine Self-Insurance Program ("FAU 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, FAU 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 FAU provider, or the acts of an FAU student or resident under the supervision of a faculty member, the faculty member must report the incident to the FAU 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 FAU and is not covered through the FAU 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 FAU, or that they are an agent of FAU or its Board of Trustees for any clinical or contracting purposes, except as described above.