Physician coverage
DEMO-23 — Delegated Execution Under Scoped, Temporary Authority
Authored demonstration. Not a live employer result.
01 · Situation
A covering physician acts under a documented, time-limited delegation while the primary physician is unavailable.
Illustrative coverage-delegation policy, under which the primary physician's supervising authority permits delegation, requiring a signed delegation artifact naming scope, effective start/end, and coverage acceptance.
02 · Evidence
What the record holds.
- E1Original obligation assigned to the primary physician
Verified · Day 0
- E2Signed delegation artifact naming the covering physician, exact scope (this patient's medication management only), effective start (Day 3, 08:00) and end (Day 5, 08:00), issued under the supervising authority named in the policy, with an automatic reversion rule at the end timestamp
Verified · Day 3
- E3Covering physician's documented acceptance
Verified · Day 3, 08:00
03 · Obligations / Owners
The chain of responsibility.
- 01
Primary physician (original owner, per E1) — execution authority delegated to the covering physician for the stated scope and window per E2/E3; accountability is treated as continuing with the primary physician unless the policy states otherwise.
04 · Event Type
The classification of the event.
ObligationAssigned (E1, original); ObligationAssigned to covering physician for delegated scope (E2); ObligationAccepted by covering physician (E3).
05 · Verification Result
What verification established.
SUPPORTED — the delegation artifact and acceptance are both present and timestamped, with an explicit reversion rule.
06 · Projection
What the evidence implies ahead.
Execution authority delegated for the stated window; original assignment and accountability continue per the policy's own terms; authority reverts automatically at Day 5, 08:00.
07 · Next Action
The corrective obligation.
None — properly constructed delegation.
08 · Economic Boundary
Where the evidence stops.
Not applicable.
09 · Engine Answer
What the Engine can and cannot establish.
The primary physician held this obligation as of Day 0. On Day 3, a signed delegation artifact — issued under the supervising authority the policy names, and specifying exact scope, start, end, and an automatic reversion rule — delegated execution authority to a covering physician, who documented acceptance at the same timestamp. The Engine can demonstrate a properly scoped, accepted, and time-bounded delegation. Consistent with the policy's own terms, execution authority was delegated; the primary physician's underlying responsibility is not shown to have been extinguished during the delegation window.
Authority moved, on the record, for exactly the window the record describes.
10 · What Remains Unknown
Outside the Engine's reach.
Whether any action was taken during the delegation window; this record establishes only the delegation's validity, not what happened under it.