SH20-007 CWCMH 2020 HSA - Laserfiche WebLink

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