What are the new ACGME work hour rules for post-call?

[Socrates25]

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OK so we kicked out all the interns from the ICU to make the work hours stuff easier to deal with.

Now we only have upper level residents. I'm making the schedule for the next few months, but I cant remember what the rules are for post-call days.

Do you have to give the resident 24 hours off after their call is over? Or only 12 hours?

For example, lets say I have upper level resident #1 coming in at 6 AM on Monday and leaving at noon on Tuesday. Can he come in at 6 AM on Wednesday or does he have to have 24 hours off?

 

[Long Way to Go]

http://www.acgme.org/acwebsite/home/Common_Program_Requirements_07012011.pdf Pages 17 and 18. That's as of July 2011; current standards can be found here.

 

[ShyRem]

VI.G.4.b) Duty periods of PGY-2 residents and above may be scheduled to
a maximum of 24 hours of continuous duty in the hospital.
Programs must encourage residents to use alertness
management strategies in the context of patient care
responsibilities. Strategic napping, especially after 16 hours of
continuous duty and between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00
a.m., is strongly suggested.

VI.G.5.b) Intermediate-level residents [as defined by the Review Committee]
should have 10 hours free of duty, and must have eight hours
between scheduled duty periods. They must have at least 14
hours free of duty after 24 hours of in-house duty.

The above from http://www.acgme-2010standards.org/pdf/Common_Program_Requirements_07012011.pdf