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portion thereof in fifteen (15) minute increments as actually provided. <br />4. Each inmate shall have access to sick call by providing a written Request for Medical Services, <br />signed by the inmate requesting the service. Those Requests for Medical Service that do not <br />require the services of the Practitioner shall be returned to the Duty Supervisor for action. <br />Indigent inmates shall not be denied access to medical care. <br />5. Payment for prescription medications shall be the responsibility of the inmate receiving the <br />medication. Medications to sustain life or to prevent life threatening medical problems shall be <br />permitted. All medications shall be at the expense of the inmate. Those medications for <br />conditions other than life threatening shall be provided only if the inmate has funds to pay for <br />such medications. The final decision as to the necessity of any medication pursuant to this <br />provision shall be made by the Practitioner substitute. <br />- -_- 6_ The Practitioner shall be responsible for logging all patients _seen and completing the Kittitas <br />County Corrections Center Medical Services Log as well as individual patient charting. The <br />Practitioner shall provide medical referral and obtain medical consultation as necessary. <br />7. The Provider shall provide telephone consultation to Corrections Staff regarding emergency <br />inmate medical needs outside of regular sick call hours, but such telephone consultation shall be <br />limited to the hours of 8:00am to 9:OOpm daily. Such telephone calls may be billed with a five <br />(5) minute minimum of $2.50 per telephone call as actually provided. There will not be an <br />actual call schedule, but as available. All other calls shall be referred to the local emergency <br />room for assistance. <br />8. The compensation to Provider for these services is as follows: $125.00 per hour. <br />In the event the Practitioner is subpoenaed to court regarding care given at the Kittitas County <br />Corrections Center the hourly rate shall be paid for actual time spent preparing for court and <br />testifying. The Practitioner shall be responsible for keeping an accurate and detailed time card <br />accounting for all billable time. Time cards are turned in once a week and paid on or about the <br />5t" of the next month. <br />The Provider and Sheriff's Office agree that in the event that no inmates have requested to be <br />seen by the Practitioner, the "sick call" for that day as scheduled pursuant to Provision One (1) <br />of this Agreement may be cancelled by telephone with two (2) hours notice and that there will <br />be no charge for that cancelled sick call. For the purposes of this Provision, the Sheriff's Office <br />official responsible for the determination and cancellation shall be the assigned Corrections <br />Center Duty Supervisor for the shift during which the sick call is scheduled. <br />9. Kittitas County shall indemnify and hold harmless the Provider, its agents or employees from and <br />against all loss or expense, including but not limited to judgments, settlements, reasonable <br />attorney's fees and costs by reason of any and all claims and demands upon the medical provider <br />for damages because of personal or bodily injury, including death at any time resulting therefrom, <br />sustained by any person or persons and on account of damage to property including loss of use <br />thereof, due to the negligence of Kittitas County, the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office, its elected <br />officers, employees, volunteers, or other agents except such injury or damage as shall have been <br />Page 2 <br />