IM_P&P_Meals

	INTERNAL MEDICINE POLICIES & PROCEDURES Internal Medicine Meal Policy For Interns and Residents	Policy Number : 2
		Date Issued : 1994
		Prior Revision Date : 11/02, 08/09
		Date Revised : 12/2009

PURPOSE

To define the policy by which meals are provided to interns and residents.

SCOPE

Applies to all interns and residents (hereafter all will be referred to as trainees) in the Internal Medicine training program on the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas campus.

PROVISIONS:

Meal Allowances for Interns and Residents:
An annual meal allowance indicated below will be credited to each trainee on the first day of their academic training year.

$950 to each Internal Medicine Resident

When dining in the main cafeteria, trainees will present their ID badge to the cashier for payment. A receipt will be generated informing trainees of the dollar amount spent and the dollar amount remaining on their individual meal allowance. After the annual meal allowance has been spent, trainees are responsible for payment of their own food. Each trainee will be limited to spending a maximum amount of $12 per visit to the cafeteria. Meal allowances will not carry over into the next training year.


	MARK FELDMAN, M.D. Chairman, Internal Medicine Program Director, Internal Medicine	BRUCE BOUGENO Vice President, Medical Staff Affairs