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In order to rotate at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center the sending institution must have signed a PPG Affiliation Agreement with the County of Los Angeles. In addition a Letter of Agreement must be in place between the sending department and the receiving department. All affiliating residents are required to register with the GME Office/Medical Administration at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center prior to beginning an affiliation (on the first day of rotation). This registration provides non-County employee malpractice coverage (if applicable) and hospital policy information helpful during the rotation. All affiliating residents also receive a copy of the current Housestaff Survival Manual which provides hospital phone numbers and other helpful information.


At check-in you will be required to provide the following documents:

1. Affiliating Resident Questionnaire
2. Code of Conduct - Download and complete our Test using the Study Guide. Correct your answers with the enclosed answer key.  You must turn in the Answer Sheet and the Code of Conduct Acknowledgement to our office.
3. HIPAA Certification: send/bring your HIPAA Certificate or complete our paper test. Download Harbor's Study Guide and Test. Please correct your answers with the answer key prior to submitting the Answer Sheet. UCLA Residents can print a certificate from the UCLA website: Click Here.
4. Current California Medical License*
5. Current DEA Certificate (if applicable)
6. Valid ECFMG Certificate (for International Medical Graduates)

After your credentials have been verified, you will receive a validated picture ID badge that enables you to receive meals and parking at no charge for the duration of your rotation. You will also be assigned a Physician ID# that you must write wherever you write your name (on orders, etc.). Please note: there is a $25 fee for a lost ID badge. White coats and/or hospital scrubs are not provided to affiliating residents.

* California state law requires that all U.S. Medical School graduates obtain licensure by end of the 24th month of training; foreign medical graduates have until the end of the 36th month of training.  Trainees wishing to rotate at Harbor from outside the state, and who do not have a CA license, may be eligible to do so if they meet the requirements of the Institutional Policy for Resident Guest Rotations and complete the necessary paperwork.

Returning Rotating/Visiting Resident – Check In Procedures

All affiliating residents returning to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center must register in the GME Office/Medical Administration for each new rotation and complete a new Affiliating Resident Questionnaire. You will also be required to present renewal copies of any expired credentials listed above.

After your credentials have been verified, you will receive an updated picture ID badge that enables you to receive meals and parking at no charge for the duration of your rotation. You will be assigned the same Physician ID# you received on previous rotation(s). Please note, there is a $25 fee for a lost ID badge. White coats and/or hospital scrubs are not provided to affiliating residents.