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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContracts & Agreements_222-2020AGREEMENT FIELD INTERNSHIP FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this 20th day of October, 2020 by and between the City of Redlands, a municipal corporation ("City") hereinafter called the Agency and the San Bernardino Community College District (Crafton Hills College) hereinafter called the District. PART I BASIS AND PURPOSE OF AGREEMENT WITNESSETH. WHEREAS, the District and Agency acknowledge a public obligation to contribute to Emergency Medical Services education for the benefit of students and to meet community needs; WHEREAS, the District provides approved programs in Emergency Medical Services education which require field externship experience for students enrolled in these programs; WHEREAS, the Agency has facilities suitable for the field externship needs of the District programs in Emergency Medical Services; WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of both District and Agency that Emergency Medical Services students have opportunities for field externship experience to enhance their capabilities as practitioners; NOW THEREFORE, the District and Agency do covenant and agree as follows: PART 11 GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PRIVILEGES OF THE DISTRICT A. For the Program in General District is committed to the achievement of equal educational opportunity Decisions related to admission, participation, student's employment and financing will not be influenced by race, religion, sex, age, disability or national origin. 2. The District assumes full responsibility for offering Emergency Medical Services education programs eligible for accreditation by any appropriate State Board involved. 3 District faculty members may be invited by Agency to serve as voluntary resource persons to the Agency staff by serving on Emergency Medical Services committees, by sharing knowledge as clinical experts, and by participation in other matters dealing with the quality of patient care. 4 The District agrees to provide liability insurance for District employees while participating in activities relating to the instructional program. 5 Malpractice coverage for Emergency Medical Services students is, and throughout the term of the Agreement will be, carried by the individual student. 6. District will defend, hold harmless and indemnify the Agency against all claims, demands, suits, judgments, expenses and costs of any and every kind on account of the injury to or death of persons or loss of/or damage to property arising in any manner out of the performance of this Agreement. B. For Program Planning 1 District will initiate the development of mutually acceptable field externship instruction plans for using the Agency's field externship areas to meet the educational goals of Emergency Medical Services curricula. These plans will be made available to the Agency at a mutually agreed upon time and subject to revision in instances of conflict with hospital patient care responsibilities or District interests. C. For Field Externship Instructors 1 District will provide faculty members who are both qualified and competent teachers and licensed health care practitioners for all academic areas. 2. District faculty will be responsible for learning and observing the regulations of both District and Agency as they apply to the circumstances of field externship teaching. 3 District has the privilege of regularly scheduled meetings at mutually agreed upon times at the Agency with Agency staff, including both selected personnel and administrative level representatives, for the purpose of interpreting, discussing, and evaluating the educational program involved. D. For Emergency Medical Services 1 District faculty shall be responsible for instructing in regard to patient and institution confidentiality 2. District faculty shall inform the students that they must be able to provide a record of immunizations and physical examination, if requested. 3. Emergency Medical Services students shall have the status of students and shall not be considered to be Agency employees, nor shall they replace Agency staff. Field externship experience will be conducted as a laboratory learning experience. 4 Emergency Medical Services students are subject to the authority policies, and regulations of the District. They are also subject, during field externship assignment, to applicable Agency regulations and must conform to the same standards as are set for Agency employees and other students and learners in matters relating to the welfare of patients and general Agency operation. 5 District will be responsible for assuring that the Emergency Medical Services students assigned to the Agency for field externship instruction comply with all applicable provisions of this Agreement and meet both District and Agency academic and field externship standards and rules and regulations of conduct. PART III GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PRIVILEGES OF THE AGENCY A. For the Program in General 1 Agency will maintain the standards which make it eligible for approval as a field externship area for instruction in Emergency Medical Services programs. 2. Agency staff may participate in the education program on request of the District. This may be as resource persons, field externship experts, or assistants in the planning and implementation of aspects of field externship education. Such participation shall be voluntary and shall not interfere with assigned Agency duties. 3. Agency will designate a staff member who will function as Education Coordinator for Emergency Medical Services for education usage of the Agency facilities, including joint planning with representatives of all involved Emergency Medical Services programs. 4 Agency will permit the faculty and students of the District to use its patient service facilities for field externship education according to the approved curricula, provided they comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Agency B. For Services and Facilities 1. Agency will permit use of the following facilities and services by District faculty and Emergency Medical Services students at such times and to the degrees considered feasible by the Agency. a. Parking areas. b. First aid treatment provided appropriate written consent is given. c. Access to sources of information for educational purposes, such as: 1 Kardex files; 2. Procedure guides, policy manuals; 3 Medical dictionaries, pharmacology references; and other references suitable to the clinical/field externship area; 4 Books and periodicals in the Medical Library C. For Control of District Personnel 1 Agency may without notice or hearing refuse access to its field externship areas to Emergency Medical Services students or District faculty who do not meet its employee standards for safety health, cooperation, or ethical behavior or any other applicable rules and regulations. An investigation and resolution of any such matter by the Agency and the District shall take place within sixty (60) days thereafter. PART IV JOINT RESPONSIBILITIES AND PRIVILEGES A. For Publications 1 Publication by District faculty or Agency staff members of any material relative to their field externship experience that has not been approved for release by the District and Agency is prohibited. B. Assurance of Non -Discrimination 1 The District and the Agency in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, and Section 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age or handicap in any policies, procedures or practices. C. Liability Status of the Contracting Agencies 1 City of Redlands, a municipal corporation ("City") hereby agrees to save and hold harmless SAN BERNARDINO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT and its department, agencies, officers or employees from all sums which SAN BERNARDINO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT or any of its departments, agencies, officers, or employees may be obligated to pay by reason of any liability imposed on them for damages arising out of the performance of the services rendered by City of Redlands, a municipal corporation ("City") and cause by any error, omission or act of City of Redlands, a municipal corporation ("City") or any person employed by him or her or any others for whose acts City of Redlands, a municipal corporation ("City") is legally liable. Said sums shall include, in the event of legal action, court costs, expenses of litigation and reasonable attorney's fees. 2. SAN BERNARDINO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT hereby agrees to save and hold harmless City of Redlands, a municipal corporation ("City") and its department, agencies, officers or employees from all sums which City of Redlands, a municipal corporation ("City") or any of its departments, agencies, officers, or employees may be obligated to pay by reason of any liability imposed on them for damages arising out of the performance of the services rendered by SAN BERNARDINO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT and cause by any error, omission or act of SAN BERNARDINO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT or any person employed by him or her or any others for whose acts SAN BERNARDINO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT is legally liable. Said sums shall include, in the event of legal action, court costs, expenses of litigation and reasonable attorney's fees. PART V PERIOD OF AGREEMENT A This agreement shall be effective as of October 20, 2020 and shall continue in effect until June 30, 2025 or terminated by written notice of either party The said termination shall become effective only at the close of an academic semester, but not before three months after receipt of said notice, except that this agreement may be terminated at any time 1 Upon written mutual consent by the District and the Agency, or 2 In the event of any substantial default hereunder IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties by their duly authorized representatives have executed this agreement as of the last date written below APPROVED BY THE AGENCY City of Redlands Paul W Foster, Mayor Date 1 0/27/2) ATTEST J onaldson, City Clerk Agency Contract Contact Jim Topoleski, Fire Chief City of Redlands Fire Department P O Box 3005 Redlands, CA 92373 Tel (909)798-7600 APPROVED BY THE DISTRICT San 1 nardino Community College District a / -r. Steven J Sutorus, Business Manager OCT ! 0 2020 Date