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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-12-16 PACKET 04.K.REQUEST OF CITY COUNCIL ACTION COUNCIL AGENDA MEETING ITEM # DATE 12/16/09 PREPARED BY Public Safety Craig Woolery ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT STAFF AUTHOR COUNCIL ACTION REQUEST Pass a motion approving the Memorandum of Agreement with NorthEast Metro Intermediate District 916 Career and Technical Center (NorthEast Metro 916) and the City of Cottage Grove Department of Public Safety. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Approve the agreement between NorthEast Metro 916 and the City of Cottage Grove. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS U MEMO /LETTER: Memo from Director of Public Safety Woolery and the Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Cottage Grove and NorthEast Metro 916. ADMINISTRATORS COMMENTS City Administrator Date COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN: APPROVED ❑ DENIED ❑ OTHER City o f C ot t age G P - • To: Honorable Mayor and City Council City Administrator Ryan Schroeder From: Director of Public Safety Craig A. Woolery� Date: December 10, 2009 Subject: MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH NORTHEAST METRO 916 (EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES STUDENT RIDE ALONGS) NorthEast Metro Intermediate District 916 Career and Technical Center has students that are interested in observing Cottage Grove's Public Safety system's delivery of emergency medical care. As with other educational institutions, NorthEast Metro 916 requires an agreement be signed prior to students entering a clinical experience. The agreement outlines basic responsibilities of the school, the student and the receiving facility (Cottage Grove). There are no financial obligations to the city. The students are self insured, sign a release of liability and have passed criminal background checks. The number of students from any educational facility will always be monitored so as to not interfere with Cottage Grove's personnel's ability to perform their duties. The duration of the agreement is from January 1, 2010 until December 31, 2012. There are benefits to the students, the school and the city. ➢ Students obtain actual field experiences under the guidance of a Cottage Grove paramedic mentor. ➢ Students have the opportunity to observe an excellent model of pre - hospital care with Cottage Grove's Public Safety system. ➢ Having students doing clinical studies promotes a positive image of the city and serves as a potential for future recruitment of students interested in a dual role public service career. RECOMMENDATION Approve the Memorandum of Agreement between NorthEast Metro Intermediate District 916 Career and Technical Center and the City of Cottage Grove to participate in the EMS student clinical program. CAW /cce Attch. Memorandum of Agreement 11Y�.Y1>!II•BI: NORTHEAST METRO INTERMEDIATE DISTRICT 916 CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTER MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN AND Cottage Grove, Department of Public Safety Emergency Medical Services This agreement is entered into between the Northeast Metro Intermediate district 916, on behalf of Emergency Medical Technician Program (hereinafter "the Training Program ") and Cottage Grove, Department of Public Safetv Emergenev Medical Services, Saint Paul, Minnesota (herein after "the Facility "). The Agreement, and any amendments and supplements thereto, shall be interpreted pursuant to the Laws of the State of Minnesota. WITNESSETH THAT: WHEREAS, the Training Program has established an AcuteCare Paramedic Program, Paramedicine Program and /or emergency Medical Technician Program for qualified students preparing for an/or engaging in emergency medical services careers; and WHERAS, the Facility has suitable clinical facilities in emergency medical services for the educational needs of the emergency medical series program(s) of the Training Programs; and WHERAS, it is in the general interest of the Facility to assist in educating persons to be qualified or better qualified emergency medical services personnel; and WHEREAS, the Training Program and the facility are desirous of cooperating to furnish a clinical experience program for students of emergency medical series programs enrolled in the Training Program. NOW, THEREFORE, It Is Mutually Agreed By and Between The Parties: I. TRAINING PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITES A. The Training Program will supervise its students during the clinical experience program at the Facility through preceptors assigned by the facility. 'the Training Program will provide its emergency medical services faculty to effectively implement the clinical experience program at the Facility. The Training Program faculty so assigned will hold current paramedic or emergency medical technician certification valid in the State of Minnesota. B. The Training Program faculty will be responsible for scheduling student clinical experience program hours, reviewing student evaluations written by preceptors, and grading each student. The Training Program faculty will attend the Facility's orientation for clinical experience instructors as deemed necessary by the Training Program and the Facility. C. The Training Program will provide the Facility, at its request, with objectives for the clinical experience program. Implementation of those objectives will be accomplished by the Training Program in cooperation with the Facility's designated representative. D. The Training Program will provide the Facility with a list of students who are participating in the clinical experience program, the units within the Facility where they are assigned, and the dates of each student's participation in the program. E. The Training Program will inform its faculty and students of the Facility's policies and regulations which relate to the clinical experience program at the Facility. F. The Training Program has obtained private group student intern malpractice insurance for students or students carry their own professional liability insurance with liability limits of $1,000.000/$3,000.000 with no deductible. A certificate of insurance for this coverage is available from the Training Program of Student. G. The Training Program will maintain a record of students' health examinations and current immunizations and shall obtain student permission to submit data regarding their health status to the Facility. H. The Training Program agrees that the students and instructors who are not otherwise employees of the facility do not become employees of the Facility by reason of this agreement. Student and instructors who are not otherwise employees of the Facility are not entitled to any benefits or compensation from the Facility which may be due the employees of the Facility. 11. FACILITY RESPONBISILITIES A. The Facility will have current licensure by the Minnesota Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board. B. The Facility is responsible for the safety and quality of care provided to its patients by the students who are participating in the clinical experience program at the Facility. C. The Facility will provide the Training Program with a copy of its policies and regulations which related to the clinical experience program. D. The Facility will permit the training Program faculty and students to use its patient care and patient service facilities for clinical instruction according to a mutually approved plan. E. The Facility will allow a reasonable account of Facility staff time for orientation and joint conferences with Training Program faculty, for planning with Training Program faculty, and for such other assistance as shall be mutually agreeable. F. The Training Program faculty and students participating in the clinical experience program will be permitted to use Facility's Education Resource Area in accordance with the Facility's policies. G. The Facility assumes no responsibility for the cost of meals, uniforms, housing, parking or health care of Training Program faculty and students who are participating in the clinical experience program. The Facility will permit Training Program faculty to use facility parking spaces under the same policies governing Facility personnel. H. The Facility recognizes that it is the policy of the Training Program to prohibit discrimination and ensure equal opportunities in its educational programs, activities, and all aspects of employment for all individuals, regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran's status, marital status, age, disability, status with regard to public assistance, or inclusion in any group or class against which discrimination is prohibited by federal, state, or local laws and regulations. The Facility agrees to adhere to this policy in implementing this Agreement. III. MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITIES A. Personnel of the training Program and the Facility will communicate regarding planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of the clinical experience program. The communication may include but not be limited to: 1. Communication to familiarize Facility personnel with the clinical experience program's philosophy, goals and curriculum; 2. Communication to familiarize the Training Program faculty with the Facility's philosophy, policy and program expectations; 3. Communication to keep both parties and the parties' personnel who are assigned to the clinical experience program informed of changes in philosophy, policies and any new programs which are contemplated; 4. Communication about jointly planning and sponsoring inservice or continuing education program (if appropriate); 5. Communication to identify areas of mutual need or concern. 6. Communication to seek solutions to any problems which may arise in the clinical experience program; and IV. REQUIREMENTS OF STUDENTS A. Each students will be required, as a condition for participation in the clinical experience program, to submit the results of a health examination to the Training Program and, if requested, to the facility, to verify that no health problems exist which would jeopardize student or patient welfare. The health examination shall include an update of required immunizations. The health examination shall include a Mantoux test or chest x -ray and verification of immunity for rubeola and rubella. A list of those students with positive Mantoux or negative rubeola/rubella results may, at the request of the Facility; be provided to the Facility. B. Students participating in the clinical experience program are encouraged to carry their own health insurance. C. Students participating in the experience program are responsible for carrying their own professional liability insurance if professional liability insurance is not provided by the training program. V. EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND IiN'FECTIOUS DISEASE EXPOSURE A. Any emergency medical care available at the Facility will be available to training Program students and faculty members. Training Program students will be responsible for payment of charges attributable to their individual emergency medical care at either the facility or the Training Program. Any charges or expenses attributable to emergency medical care of a Training Program faculty member at either the facility or the Training program which are not paid by the Training Program will be the responsibility of the Training Program faculty member. B. Any Training Program student or faculty member who is injured or becomes ill while at the facility shall immediately report the injury or illness to the facility and receive treatment (if available) at the facility as a private patient or obtain other appropriate treatment as he or she chooses. All hospital or other medical costs arising from such training Program student injury or illness shall be the sole responsibility of the student who received the treatment and not the responsibility of the facility or the training Program. Any hospital or other medical costs arising from such Training Program faculty member injury or illness shall, if not paid by the Training Program, be the sole responsibility of the Training Program faculty member who receives the treatment and not the responsibility of the facility or the Training Program. C. The Facility shall follow, for Training Program faculty and students exposed to an infectious disease at the facility during the clinical experience program, the same policies and procedures which the Facility follows for its employees. D. Training Program faculty and students contracting an infectious disease during the period of time they are assigned to or participating in the clinical experience program must report the fact to their Training Program and to the Facility. Before returning to the Facility, such a Training Program faculty member or student must submit proof of recovery to the Training Program or Facility, if requested. VI. LIABILITY Each party agrees that it will be responsible for its own acts and the results thereof to the extent authorized by law and shall not be responsible for the acts of the other party and the results thereof. The Training Program's liability shall be governed by the provisions of the Minnesota Tort claims act, Minnesota Statutes, Section 3.732 et seq., and other applicable law. VH. TERM OF AGREEMENT This Agreement is effective on January 1, 2010 or when fully executed, and shall remain in effect until December 31,2012. Agreement may be terminated by either party at any time upon one year written notice to the other parry. Termination by the Facility shall not become effective with respect to students then participating in the clinical experience program. VIII. FINANCIAL CONSIDERATION A. The Training Program and the facility shall each bear their own costs associated with this Agreement and no payment is required by either the Training Program or the facility to the other party, except that, where applicable, the Facility shall pay the tuition and other educational fees of students it places in the clinical experience program. B. The Facility is not required to reimburse the Training Program faculty or students for any services rendered to the Facility or its patients pursuant to this agreement. IX. AMENDMENTS Any amendment to this Agreement shall be in writing and signed by authorized officers of each party. X. ASSIGNMENT Neither the Training Program nor the Facility shall assign or transfer any rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party. XI. STATE AUDIT The books, records, documents, and accounting procedures and practices of the facility relevant to this Agreement shall be subject to examination by the Training Program and the Legislative Auditor. XII. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) COMPLIANCE The Facility agrees that in fulfilling the duties of this Agreement, the Facility is responsible for complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. Chapter 12101, et seq., and any regulations promulgated to the Act. The Training Program IS NOT responsible for issues or challenges related to compliance with the ADA beyond its own routine use of facilities, services, or other areas covered by the ADA. XHI. GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES ACT The CONTRACTOR must comply with the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, as it applies to all data provided by the STATE in accordance with this contract, and as it applies to all data, created collected, received, stored, used, maintained, or disseminated by the CONTRACTOR in accordance with this contract. The civil remedies of Minnesota Statures Section 13.08, apply to the release of the data referred to in this Article by either the CONTRACTOR or the STATE. In the event the CONTRACTOR receives a request to release the data referred to in this Article, the CONTRACTOR must immediately notify the STATE. The STATE will give the CONTRACTOR instructions concerning the release of the data to the requesting party before the data is released. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed intending to be bound thereby. APPROVED: I. FACILITY Wesley Halverson EMS Coordinator 864180` Street South Cottage Grove, Minnesota 55016 Craig Woolery Director of Public Safety 7516 80 °i Street South Cottage Grove, Minnesota 55016 By (authorized signature) Title Date By (authorized signature) Title Date 2. Northeast Metro 916 By (authorized signature) Title Date By (authorized signature) Title Date 6