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4. Each inmate shall have access to MHP services by providing an electronic Request for MHP <br />Prescription Services. Indigent inmates shall not be denied access to medical care. <br />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 also be at the inmate's expense. The final decision <br />as to the necessity of any medication pursuant to this provision shall be made by the <br />Practitioner or the approved substitute. <br />6. The Practitioner shall be responsible for logging all patients seen and completing the Kittitas <br />County Jail Medical Services Log as well as individual patient charting. The Practitioner shall <br />provide medical referral and obtain medical consultation as necessary. <br />The Provider shall provide telephone consultation to Jail Staff regarding emergency inmate <br />medical needs outside of regular sick call hours, but such telephone consultation shall be limited <br />to the hours of 8:00am to 9:00pm daily. Such telephone calls may be billed with a five (5) <br />minute minimum of $2.50 per telephone call as actually provided. There will not be an actual <br />call schedule, but as available. All other calls shall be referred to the local emergency room for <br />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 timecard <br />accounting for all billable time. <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 />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 />occasioned by the sole negligence or willful misconduct of the Provider, its agents or employees. <br />Kittitas County has insurance to cover the Provider during such times as the P -ARNP or qualified <br />substitute is treating inmates of the Kittitas County Jail pursuant to this agreement. Such <br />insurance shall not cover patients who were not Kittitas County Jail inmates and that were <br />- Page 2 <br />