3.1 The Contractor shall, after receiving a request for patient transfer, at its sole discretion, determine whether such proposed patient is appropriate for transfer and whether a bed and appropriate facilities and requested medical care are available. Contractor shall notify the Hospital of its acceptance or rejection of proposed transfer patients and shall notify Hospital of the date, location and time at which it will accept the transfer and each such accept patient. When appropriate, the attending physician, who will be admitting such patient to his/her service must also give approval. The Contractor shall, after receiving a request for patient outpatient appointment, in its sole discretion, determine whether such patient is appropriate for medical services available. The Contractor shall notify the Hospital of appointment date and time or deny appointment.
