Accreditation Council Proposes Loosening Time Off Rules for Resident Physicians

By Arifeen Rahman · STAT News · 2026-10-20

According to reporting from STAT News, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education is considering a rollback of specific rest requirements for doctors in training. While the standard eighty-hour weekly limit remains, the new proposal would remove the mandatory eight-

According to reporting from STAT News, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education is considering a rollback of specific rest requirements for doctors in training. While the standard eighty-hour weekly limit remains, the new proposal would remove the mandatory eight-