Guidelines & Policies

General Business Policy

Professionalism policy

Prescription and controlled drugs

The Asian Doctor LLC will provide a written prescription of tramadol, hydrocodone or any other drugs patient will require while we are working as a relief doctor at your clinic.  However, if client-patient relationship is not established and they require a written Rx, we offer complimentary examination so that we can provide the prescription for the patient.

Memberships and Accreditation

• Department of Business & Professional Regulation Veterinary Florida license holder

• Drug Enforcement Administration license holder

• United States Department of Agriculture National Accreditation holder (Category I only)

• American Veterinary Medical Association

• Broward County Veterinary Medical Association

Insurances

All veterinarians are covered under AVMA PLIT (Professional Liability Insurance).  We are covered for minimum limits of $100,000 per claim and $300,000 per aggregate.  We also have license defense coverage of $25,000.

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Additionally, we have general liability insurance for the business by insureon.  We are covered for general liability ($1,000,000), personal and advertising injury ($1,000,000), products completed operation aggregate ($2,000,000) and damage to rented premises ($1,000,000) as added coverage.

Wages

Our general policy is to be paid by the shift or hourly rate that is agreed upon.  Most lunches are 1 hour and unpaid unless circumstances don’t allow for one, clinics will be charged an hourly rate of overtime.  In addition, after-hour overtimes is charged when it takes extra time to complete medical records at the end of the shift.  We understand that our type of work is unpredictable and we try our best to keep up with writing medical records as we see each cases.  We will not charge after-hour overtime when work is completed within a reasonable time frame (15-30min after last appointment).  However, hourly overtime will take affect 30mintues after the contracted relief time.  For example: if shift was scheduled as 8am-5pm (1 hr unpaid lunch) and overtime was 5pm-7pm, you will be charged 1.5hrs of overtime on agreed upon hourly rate. 

We do not offer weekend shifts. 

Please understand that we adjust our prices every January of the calendar year.  We will notify the changes when you  make your first booking if the prices has changed since last booking.

Payment

W-9 form is provided to you for your convenience.  All payments are due 15 days after the service has been provided.  Please make all checks payable to The Asian Doctor LLC.  Returned checks will be charged a $45 returned fee and overdue accounts subject to a service charge of 1.5% per 15 days.  Bank transfers are welcome but we do not accept  credit cards.

Some questions discussed during our interview

• Preventative care protocol

• Medication overview: anesthetic and pain management options

• Type of gas anesthesia available

• Digital x-ray interpretations

• List of preferred referral hospitals for specialty services

• Record keeping protocol (paper vs software)

• Who will be entering charges

• Type of lay staff available (kennel, veterinary assistants, Veterinary technician, office/practice managers, etc)

• Staff pet policies

• We would also like to discuss back-up relief work in case we are unable to cover the agreed shift. If we are unable to work the agreed shift, we will return any pre-payments made for that shift and provide contact information for other relief veterinarians in the area.