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4. Each inmate shall have access to MHP services by providing an electronic Request for MHP Prescription Services. lndigent 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 also be at the inmate's expense. 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 Jail 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 Jail Staff regarding emergency inmate medical needs outside of regular sick call hours, but such telephone consultation shall be limited to the hours of 8:00am to 9:00pm daily. Such telephone calls may be billed with a five (5) minute minimum of 52.50 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: 51-25.00 per hour ln 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 timecard accounting for all billable time. The Provider and Sheriffs 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. Forthe 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 Sheriffs Office, its elected officers, employees, volunteers, or other agents except such injury or damage as shall have been occasioned by the sole negligence or willful misconduct of the Provider, its agents or employees. Kittitas County has insurance to cover the Provider during such times as the P-ARNP or qualified substitute is treating inmates of the Kittitas County Jail pursuant to this agreement. Such insurance shall not cover patients who were not Kittitas County Jail inmates and that were Page2