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a. Approve and accept the Student Placement Agreement template to be used in partnering with universities and colleges for the placement of students within the Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to complete internship/externship assignments as part of their field education and service learning requirements for their respective field of study program; and
b. Approve and authorize updates to the Student Placement Agreement template in accordance with local, state, and federal law, subject to review and approval of County Counsel; and
c. Approve and authorize amendments to the text of the Student Placement Agreements that do not significantly change the level of risk or the scope of a party’s obligations or responsibilities, subject to review and approval of County Counsel and County Risk Manager; and
c. Approve and authorize use of student placement agreement templates from partnering universities and colleges where the terms are not significantly different from the Student Placement Agreement template, do not significantly change the level of risk or the scope of a party’s obligations or responsibilities, and subject to review and approval of County Counsel and County Risk Manager;
d. Approve and authorize execution by the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee of the Student Placement Agreement template or substantively similar template of partnering universities and colleges for Fiscal Years 2021-2022 through Fiscal Year 2026-2027.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and accept the Student Placement Agreement template to be used in partnering with universities and colleges for the placement of students within the Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to complete internship/externship assignments as part of their field education and service learning requirements for their respective field of study program; and
b. Approve and authorize updates to the Student Placement Agreement template in accordance with local, state, and federal law, subject to review and approval of County Counsel; and
c. Approve and authorize amendments to the text of the Student Placement Agreements that do not significantly change the level of risk or the scope of a party’s obligations or responsibilities, subject to review and approval of County Counsel and County Risk Manager; and
c. Approve and authorize use of student placement agreement templates from partnering universities and colleges where the terms are not significantly different from the Student Placement Agreement template, do not significantly change the level of risk or the scope of a party’s obligations or responsibilities, and subject to review and approval of County Counsel and County Risk Manager;
d. Approve and authorize execution by the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee of the Student Placement Agreement template or substantively similar template of partnering universities and colleges for Fiscal Years 2021-2022 through Fiscal Year 2026-2027.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Natividad Medical Center (hereinafter referred to as “NMC”) requests the Board of Supervisors to accept and approve the Student Placement Agreement Template (hereinafter referred to as “Template”) to be used for students enrolled at universities and/or colleges who require practical, clinical and non-clinical experience towards their school’s field education and/or service learning requirements. Natividad will provide “real world” experience for student interns and externs.
This Template provides for the NMC standards of policy, procedures and best practices for student application processing, placement, credentialing, compliance with confidentiality, health privacy laws, and insurance & indemnification requirements. By using a Monterey County Board of Supervisor approved Template for future participating universities and colleges, this will help streamline the administrative processing as well as reduce the timeline for the execution of future agreements.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The Office of County Counsel and Auditor-Controller have reviewed and approved this Agreement as to legal form and fiscal provisions, respectively. The Agreement has also been reviewed and approved by NMC’s Finance Committee and by its Board of Trustees on June 10, 2022.
FINANCING:
There are no fiscal provisions included in this Agreement.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STRATEGIC INITIATIVES:
This work supports the NMC Health and Human Services strategic initiative by supporting community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems while assuring a competent public and personal health care workforce.
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Prepared by: Janine Bouyea, Human Resources Administrator, 783-2701
Approved by: Charles R. Harris, Chief Executive Officer, 783-2504
Attachments:
Student Placement Agreement Template
Attachments on file with the Clerk of the Board