X.F.2. Mandatory Time Free of Clinical Work and Education

All Programs have designed an effective program structure that is configured to provide House Officers with educational opportunities, as well as reasonable opportunities for rest and personal well-being. House Officers should have eight hours off between scheduled clinical work and education periods. There may be circumstances when House Officers choose to stay to care for their patients or return to the hospital with fewer than eight hours free of clinical experience and education. This must occur within the context of the 80-hour and the one-day-off-in-seven requirements.
House Officers must have at least 14 hours free of clinical work and education after 24 hours of in-house call.
House Officers must be scheduled for a minimum of one day in seven free of clinical work and required education (when averaged over four weeks). At-home call cannot be assigned on these free days.